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Taxonomy
Proetus desertus was named by Zhou et al. (2000). Its type specimen is XIG TR465, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is A033. Zhusilenghaierhan area, which is in an Eifelian carbonate limestone in the Yikewsusu Formation of China.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Proetus desertus Zhou et al. pp. 463 - 464 figs. PI. 1 figs 1-10 |
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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 desertus Zhou et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| Z. Zhou et al. 2000 | Proetus with: subquadrate glabella, 0.75 to 0.8 as wide (tr.) as long, weakly laterally convex and slightly forwardly tapering; palpebral lobe 0.3 to 0.4 of glabellar length, with incomplete palpebral furrow; lateral occipital lobe almost fully separated from occipital ring; genal spine long; pygidium with 7 axial rings plus a terminal piece and 5 to 6 pairs of pleural ribs; pygidiaI border ill-defined; exoskeleton with tuberculate sculpture. |