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Proetopeltis

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetopeltis was named by Pribyl (1965) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-l D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 1106]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Cornuproetus (Proetopeltis) by Alberti (1970).

It was assigned to Cornuproetus by Alberti (1970); to Tropidocoryphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cornuproetinae by Basse and Lemke (1996), Bault et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Proetopeltis Pribyl
1970Cornuproetus (Proetopeltis) Alberti
1996Proetopeltis Basse and Lemke p. 23
2002Proetopeltis Jell and Adrain p. 430
2002Proetopeltis Sepkoski
2021Proetopeltis Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyCornuproetinaeRichter et al. 1959
genusProetopeltisPribyl 1965

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Proetopeltis Pribyl 1965
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Proetopeltis brevirhachis Přibyl 1971
Proetopeltis elegantulus Hawle and Corda 1847
Proetopeltis merkur Šnajdr 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available