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Protypus

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae

Taxonomy
Protypus was named by Walcott (1986) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tojo Sepkoski's reference number: 469]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dorypygidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Bicaspis Resser
1986Protypus Walcott
2002Protypus Jell and Adrain p. 432
2002Protypus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyDorypygidaeKobayashi 1935
genusProtypusWalcott 1986

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. †Protypus Walcott 1986
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Protypus hitchcocki Whitfield 1884
Invalid names: Bicaspis Resser 1938 [synonym]
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: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-14 06:22:53
Modified: 2009-12-14 08:22:53
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Delamaran or 521.00000 to 505.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Khakasiya) P. carus (81329) P. carus, P. rotundus (81328) P. sp. (81314)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Russian Federation (Tuva) P. sp. (81481)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (New York) P. sp. (182)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (Vermont) P. hitchcocki (121235) P. sp. (191)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Virginia) Bicaspis austinvillensis (219911)