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Proetus astringens

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus astringens was named by Owens (1973). Its type specimen is NMW 71.6G.494 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ditch on S side of Worcester-Hereford road (A 4103), near Storridge, which is in a Gorstian offshore siltstone in the Elton Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. mukshaensis, P. albiorix, P. cellesensis, P. incertus, P. teutates, P. toutiorix

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Proetus astringens Owens p. 25 figs. pl. 2 f. 7, 11-12.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusProetus
speciesastringens

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.

†Proetus astringens Owens 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available