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Suborder:
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Prolecanitina 
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Superfamily:
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Prolecanitoidea 
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Family:
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Prolecanitidae 
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Subfamily:
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Protocanitinae 
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Genus:
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Erdbachites | 
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Qualifier:
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gy | 
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Author:
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	Weyer 1965,p.455	 
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Valid:
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Merocanites Schindewolf,1922,p.15 | 
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Lower Boundary:
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DER Erdbacher Kalk base [05,40], 349.5 million years
 
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Upper Boundary:
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DZA Saoura S2d--S3a, 329.4 million years
 
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