''Pronorites'' is a
prolecanitid genus from the middle and upper
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, million years ago. The name ''Carbonifero ...
, upper
Mississippian and
Pennsylvanian. Distribution is wide spread.
''Pronorites'', as for the Pronoritidae, produced discoidal shells with no prominent sculpture, in which the ventral lobe of the suture has three prongs. In ''Pronorites'' the prongs of the 1st lateral lobe are simple, undivided.
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
*Miller, Furnish, and Schindewolf (1957) Paleozoic Ammonidea, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part L, Ammonoidea. Geological Soc. of America.
;Weblinks
*''Pronorites'' i
Goniat online9/3/13.
Mississippian ammonites
Ammonites of South America
Ammonites of Australia
Mississippian first appearances
Pennsylvanian extinctions
Pennsylvanian ammonites
Viséan life
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