Rijckholtia Donovan and Van Den Hoek Ostende 2010 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Invalid subtaxa: Coniproetus (Ryckholtia) Snajdr 1980 [replaced name], Ryckholtia Snajdr 1980 [replaced name]

Full reference: S. K. Donovan and L. W. Van Den Hoek Ostende. 2010. Rijckholtia, A New Name for the Genus Ryckholtia SĚŚnajdr, 1980 (Arthropoda, Trilobita), Preoccupied By Ryckholtia Fritsch, 1910 (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Journal of Paleontology 85(4):804-804

Parent taxon: Coniproetus according to Snajdr 1980

See also Donovan and Van Den Hoek Ostende 2010, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Coniproetus (Bohemiproetus), Coniproetus (Coniproetus), Coniproetus alamar, Coniproetus conradi, Coniproetus dnestrovianus, Coniproetus eurysthenes, Coniproetus exspectatus, Coniproetus folliceps, Coniproetus foucauldi, Coniproetus gagis, Coniproetus laticaudata, Coniproetus multirugosus, Coniproetus novaki, Coniproetus ryckholti, Coniproetus subovalis, Proetus (Coniproetus) irroratus, Proetus (Coniproetus) whittakerensis

Subtaxa: Rijckholtia ryckholti

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Type: Proetus ryckholti

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of the Czech Republic (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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