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Eremiproetus agellus

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Eremiproetus agellus was named by Owens (1973) [Proetus sp. ind. a Warburg 1925 p. 180 pl. 5 f. 14, 17]. Its type specimen is PMO 55817, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. emerita, E. saharae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Eremiproetus agellus Owens pp. 167-169 figs. 12 E, G-M

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyEremiproetinaeAlberti 1967
genusEremiproetusRichter and Richter 1919
speciesagellus

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.

†Eremiproetus agellus Owens 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Pirgu to the top of the Porkuni or 449.50000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian - Hirnantian453.0 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarne) Eremiproetus agellus (73413)
Pirgu - Porkuni449.5 - 443.7Sweden (Dalarne) Eremiproetus agellus (73407 73462 73489)