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Sculptoproetus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy

Sculptoproetus was named by Erben (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: S Prid D Eife-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1106]. It is not extant. Its type is Proetus sculptus.

It was reranked as Cornuproetus (Sculptoproetus) by Alberti (1967).

It was assigned to Cornuproetus by Alberti (1967); to Tropidocoryphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cornuproetinae by Chatterton et al. (2006), Bault et al. (2021).

Species

Cornuproetus (Sculptoproetus) haasi, Macroblepharum loyzi, Macroblepharum midas (syn. Macroblepharum klukovicensis), Macroblepharum pemicam, Macroblepharum perstes, Macroblepharum staminops, Macroblepharum tumidum, Macroblepharum vortex, S. africanus, S. germanicus, S. hostimensis, S. hunsrueckianus, S. maghrebus, S. raki, S. sculptus, S. tepes

Synonyms

Cornuproetus (Macroblepharum) was named by Alberti (1964). It is not extant. Its type is Cornuproetus (Macroblepharum) africanus.

It was reranked as Macroblepharum by Jell and Adrain (2002), Sepkoski (2002); it was synonymized subjectively with Sculptoproetus by van Viersen and Lerouge (2020).

It was assigned to Cornuproetus by Alberti (1964); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tropidocoryphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1951	Sculptoproetus Erben
1964	Cornuproetus (Macroblepharum) Alberti
1967	Cornuproetus (Sculptoproetus) Alberti
2002	Macroblepharum Jell and Adrain p. 401
2002	Sculptoproetus Jell and Adrain p. 443
2002	Macroblepharum Sepkoski
2002	Sculptoproetus Sepkoski
2006	Sculptoproetus Chatterton et al. pp. 40, 47
2021	Sculptoproetus Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843

Rank	Name	Author
class	Artiopoda	Hou and Bergstrom
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Proetida	Fortey and Owens 1975
superfamily	Proetoidea	Hawle and Corda 1847
family	Proetidae	Salter 1864
subfamily	Cornuproetinae	Richter et al. 1959
genus	Sculptoproetus	Erben 1951

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. †Sculptoproetus Erben 1951

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†Cornuproetus (Sculptoproetus) haasi Alberti 1971

†Sculptoproetus africanus Alberti 1969

†Sculptoproetus germanicus Alberti 1969

†Sculptoproetus hostimensis Šnajdr 1980

†Sculptoproetus hunsrueckianus Richter 1936

†Sculptoproetus maghrebus Alberti 1967

†Sculptoproetus raki van Viersen and Lerouge 2020

†Sculptoproetus sculptus Barrande 1846

†Sculptoproetus tepes Šnajdr 1980

†Sculptoproetus tepes ufon Šnajdr 1980

Invalid names: Macroblepharum Alberti 1964 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitec

Composition 2:

chitinc

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

10 to < 100f

Adult width:

10 to < 100f

Ontogeny:

molting, addition of partsc

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

fast-movingc

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalc

Diet:

deposit feedero

Vision:

well-developedf

Created:

2009-06-11 18:30:23

Modified:

2009-12-19 04:35:55

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Eifelian or 413.02000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (37 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Devonian - Eifelian	419.62 - 387.95	Czechia	S. hostimensis, Macroblepharum staminops, Macroblepharum tumidum, Macroblepharum africanum (10470)
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian	419.62 - 387.95	Czechia	S. hostimensis, Macroblepharum staminops, Macroblepharum tumidum, Macroblepharum africanum (12148)
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	Uzbekistan	S. sp. (181366)
Early/Lower Emsian	410.62 - 399.5	Czechia	Macroblepharum pemicam, Macroblepharum loyzi (231008) Macroblepharum pemicam, Macroblepharum loyzi, Macroblepharum perstes (231007) Macroblepharum perstes (12147) S. sculptus, S. tepes (210868)
Early/Lower Emsian	410.62 - 399.5	Germany	Cornuproetus hunsrueckianus (26904)
Early/Lower Emsian	410.62 - 399.5	Morocco	Cornuproetus maghrebus (150360)
Early/Lower Emsian - Late/Upper Emsian	410.62 - 393.47	Czechia	S. sculptus, Macroblepharum pemicam, Macroblepharum loyzi (10462)
Emsian	410.62 - 393.47	Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate)	S. sp. (188762)
Emsian	410.62 - 393.47	Morocco	Cornuproetus africanus, Cornuproetus germanicus (27117) Cornuproetus maghrebus (27070)
Zlichovian	410.62 - 393.47	Czechia (Barrandia)	Macroblepharum klukovicense, S. tepes (12143) S. sculptus, Macroblepharum pemicam, Macroblepharum loyzi, S. tepes, Macroblepharum perstes (12112)
Zlichovian	410.62 - 393.47	Czechia	S. sculptus, S. tepes (10460) S. tepes, Macroblepharum klukovicense (10467)
Zlichovian - Daleje	410.62 - 393.47	Czechia (Barrandia)	Macroblepharum perstes (12039)
Zlichovian - Eifelian	410.62 - 387.95	Morocco	Cornuproetus africanus (27058)
Late/Upper Emsian	399.5 - 393.47	Morocco	Cornuproetus magrebus (27051) Cornuproetus sculptus (27143 27144) Cornuproetus sculptus, Cornuproetus maghrebus (27072) Cornuproetus sculptus, Cornuproetus magrebus (27071) S. raki (210869) S. sp. A (142430)
Late/Upper Emsian	399.5 - 393.47	Czechia	Macroblepharum perstes (12144)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian	399.5 - 387.95	Morocco	Cornuproetus africanus, Cornuproetus sculptus (27114)
Eifelian	393.47 - 387.95	Morocco	Cornuproetus africanus (27120 27146 27147) Cornuproetus germanicus (27074) S. sp. B (142431) S. sp.B (188190)
Eifelian	393.47 - 387.95	Czechia (Barrandia)	Macroblepharum vortex (12252)
Eifelian	393.47 - 387.95	Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate)	S. sculptus (188764)
Eifelian	393.47 - 387.95	Czechia	Macroblepharum vortex (10474)