1957  Eocanites Librovich: 263.
     1960  Eocanites.-Ruzhentsev: 185.
     1962  Eocanites.-Osnovy: 347.
     1965  Protocanites (Eocanites).-Weyer: 454, 456.
     1972  Eocanites.-Weyer:322.
     1994  Eocanites.-Korn: 79.

Type species: Protocanites supradevonicus Schindewolf,1926, p.104 [OD].

Only eight lobes; two lobes on flanks. Lateral lobe close to umbilicus small and v-shaped. Sutural formula: [Germ.] EALUI,
[Russ.] VLU:ID [ontogenetic development of suture insufficiently known].