1865-1870 Goniatites plebeius.- Barrande, p. 37, pl. 5, fig. 5; pl. 7 figs. 3-9.

1893 Goniatites (Anarcestes) lateseptatus: Chernyshev, p. 214.; pl. III, figs. 4-6.

1896 Anarcestes praecursor: Frech, 1897, p. 169, pl. 30a, fig. 9

1913 Anarcestes praecursor: Frech, p. 14..

1958 Anarcestes praecursor: Bogoslovsky, p. 71, text-fig. 12, pl. I, fig. 1.

1961 Anarcestes (Anarcestes) praecursor: Bogoslovsky, p. 542, pl. D-84, figs. 4,5

1962 Anarcestes praecursor: Bogoslovsky, pl. V, fig. 1.

1969 Anarcestes praecursor: Bogoslovsky, p. 154, pl. V, fig. 1.

1983 Anarcestes (Anarcestes) praecursor.-Zhang & Ruan: 119, textfig.1-3.