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Coniproetus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy

Proetus (Coniproetus) was named by Alberti (1966). Its type is Proetus (Proetus) condensus.

It was reranked as Coniproetus by Lieberman (1994), Zhou et al. (2000), Sepkoski (2002), Bault et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Proetus by Alberti (1966), Chatterton and Perry (1977); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proetinae by Lieberman (1994), Zhou et al. (2000), Bault et al. (2021).

Subtaxa

C. (Bohemiproetus), C. (Coniproetus), C. alamar, C. conradi, C. dnestrovianus, C. eurysthenes, C. exspectatus, C. folliceps, C. foucauldi, C. gagis, C. laticaudata, C. multirugosus, C. novaki (syn. C. condensus), C. praeaffinis, C. ryckholti, C. subovalis, Proetus (Coniproetus) irroratus, Proetus (Coniproetus) whittakerensis

Species lacking formal opinion data

C. eurytheneses, C. paraffinis

Sister taxa

C. (Bohemiproetus), C. (Coniproetus)

Synonyms

Coniproetus (Tropiconiproetus) was named by Šnajdr (1980).

It was Gerastos (Tropiconiproetus) by Chlupac (1983); it was synonymized subjectively with Coniproetus by van Viersen (2021).

It was assigned to Coniproetus by Šnajdr (1980); and to Gerastos by Chlupac (1983).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1966	Proetus (Coniproetus) Alberti
1977	Proetus (Coniproetus) Chatterton and Perry p. 777
1980	Coniproetus (Tropiconiproetus) Šnajdr
1983	Gerastos (Tropiconiproetus) Chlupac
1994	Coniproetus Lieberman p. 27
2000	Coniproetus Zhou et al. p. 462
2002	Coniproetus Sepkoski
2021	Coniproetus 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	Proetinae	Salter 1864
genus	Coniproetus	(Alberti 1966)

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. †Coniproetus Alberti 1966

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Subg. †Coniproetus (Bohemiproetus) Pillet 1969

Subg. †Coniproetus (Coniproetus) Alberti 1966

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†Coniproetus (Coniproetus) affinis Bouček 1933

†Coniproetus (Coniproetus) bongo Šnajdr 1980

†Coniproetus (Coniproetus) nerudai Přibyl 1964

†Coniproetus (Coniproetus) podolicus Alth 1874

†Coniproetus alamar Šnajdr 1980

†Coniproetus conradi Hall 1861

†Coniproetus dnestrovianus Balashova 1968

†Coniproetus eurysthenes Chlupáč and Vaněk 1965

†Coniproetus exspectatus Přibyl 1964

†Coniproetus folliceps Hall and Clarke 1888

†Coniproetus foucauldi Alberti 1967

†Coniproetus gagis Šnajdr 1980

†Coniproetus laticaudata Ormiston 1967

†Coniproetus multirugosus Pribyl 1966

†Coniproetus novaki Pribyl 1964

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Invalid names: Coniproetus condensus Pribyl 1965 [synonym]

†Coniproetus praeaffinis Snajdr 1976

†Coniproetus ryckholti Barrande 1846

†Coniproetus subovalis Kobayashi and Hamada 1974

†Proetus (Coniproetus) irroratus Chatterton et al. 1979

†Proetus (Coniproetus) whittakerensis Chatterton and Perry 1977

G. †Rijckholtia Donovan and Van Den Hoek Ostende 2010

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†Rijckholtia ryckholti Barrande 1846

Invalid names: Ryckholtia Snajdr 1980 [replaced]

Invalid names: Tropiconiproetus Šnajdr 1980 [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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Homerian to the top of the Givetian or 430.60000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (106 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Wenlock	432.9 - 426.7	Canada (Northwest Territories)	Proetus sp. (26061 26062 26063)
Homerian	430.6 - 426.7	Czechia	C. ryckholti (14054)
Gorstian	426.7 - 425.0	Czechia	Ryckholtia sp. (14106)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	Japan (Honshur Island)	C. sp. A (223255)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	Japan (Shikoku)	Proetus subovalis (188690)
Ludfordian	425.0 - 422.7	Czechia (Bohemia)	C. ryckholti (230815)
Ludfordian	425.0 - 422.7	Czechia (Praha)	Corniproetus ryckholti (230929)
Ludfordian	425.0 - 422.7	Czechia	C. ryckholti (14068 230814) Corniproetus ryckholti (230925 230930) Proetus ryckholtii (230813) Ryckholtia sp. (14110)
Kuressaare	423.0 - 422.7	Latvia	C. ryckholti (13729)
Pridoli	422.7 - 419.62	Ukraine	Proetus dnestrovianus (23360)
Pridoli	422.7 - 419.62	Belarus	C. sp. (23672)
Pridoli - Helderbergian	422.7 - 393.47	Morocco	Proetus foucaldi (27195)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Ukraine	Proetus podolicus (23362)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Morocco	Proetus affinis (13936) Proetus foucaldi (27467)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Canada (Northwest Territories)	Proetus whittakerensis (5765 5766 216419)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Canada (Nunavut)	Basidechenella laticaudata (26560)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Australia (Victoria)	Proetus sp. (182206)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Czechia	C. affinis (10281 10315 14118) C. sp. (14119 14121) Proetus affinis (13895)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Czechia (Prague)	C. affinis, C. praeaffinis (12068) C. paraffinis (12072)
Early/Lower Devonian	419.62 - 393.47	Australia (Victoria)	C. sp. (8026)
Lochkovian - Middle Devonian	419.62 - 382.31	Czechia	C. affinis (10314)
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	Morocco	Proetus condensus (27062) Proetus eurysthenes (27068)
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	Czechia (Praga)	C. sp. (235197)
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	Australia (New South Wales)	Proetus irroratus (69319 69320 69325 69327 69340 69347 69348 69354 69356 69357 69359 69360 69361 69362 69363 69364 69365 69366 69367 69368 69369 69370 69371 69372 69373 69374 69375 69376 69377 69378 69380 69381 69382 69383 69384 69385 69386 69387 69388 69389 69390 69391 69392 69393 69394) Proetus sp., Proetus irroratus (69346)
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	Czechia (Prague)	C. nerudai, C. bongo, C. novaki, C. multirugosus, C. eurysthenes, C. alamar (12083) C. novaki, Gerastos expectatus (231003 231004) C. novaki, Gerastos expectatus, Gerastos gagis (12071)
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	Czechia	C. alamar (78280) C. novaki (60435) C. sp. (12101) Gerastos expectatus, Gerastos gagis (10342) Gerastos multirugosus (10378)
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	Czechia (Srbsko)	C. alamar (230979) C. bongo, C. eurytheneses, C. multirugosus, C. alamar (80314)
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	Czechia (Smichov)	C. alamar (80315)
Siegen	413.02 - 410.62	Spain	Proetus foucauldi (234799)
Emsian	410.62 - 393.47	France (Alsace)	Proetus sp. (40505)
Emsian	410.62 - 393.47	USA (New York)	C. conradi (76328 231790)
Emsian	410.62 - 393.47	Canada (Yukon)	Proetus nerudai (207813)
Emsian - Eifelian	410.62 - 387.95	Canada (Ontario)	Proetus folliceps (40039)
Eifelian - Givetian	393.47 - 382.31	Canada (Nunavut)	Dechenella laticaudata (26576)
Givetian	387.95 - 382.31	USA (Indiana)	Proetus folliceps (170009)