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Permoproetus postcarbonarius

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Proetus postcarbonarius was named by Gemmellaro (1890). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare tenero, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Permoproetus postcarbonarius by Ruggieri (1959) and Owens (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Proetus postcarbonarius Gemmellaro p. 3 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-7; pl 5, fig 1
1935Proetus postcarbonarius Greco p. 149 figs. Pl 13, fig 3
1959Permoproetus postcarbonarius Ruggieri p. 3
2003Permoproetus postcarbonarius Owens

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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
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyDitomopyginaeHupe 1953
genusPermoproetus
speciespostcarbonarius()

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.

Permoproetus postcarbonarius Gemmellaro 1890
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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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Proetus postcarbonarius (type locality: 108972)