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Helioproetus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Helioproetus was named by Richter (1919) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-u Sepkoski's reference number: 802]. It is not extant. Its type is Proetus ebersdorfensis.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Cyrtosymbolinae by Feist and Lerosey-Aubril (2005), Basse and Lemke (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Helioproetus Richter
2002Helioproetus Jell and Adrain p. 383
2002Helioproetus Sepkoski
2005Helioproetus Feist and Lerosey-Aubril p. 466
2020Helioproetus Basse and Lemke p. 214

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusHelioproetusRichter 1919

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. †Helioproetus Richter 1919
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Helioproetus carintiacus Drevermann 1901
Helioproetus costifusus Richter and Richter 1928
Helioproetus pusillus Münster 1840
Invalid names: Pusillabole Alberti 1973 [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: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: blindg
Created: 2009-12-19 02:41:52
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:41:52
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 365.20000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Austria Proetus carintiacus (234939)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86France H. subcarintiacus (38641)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Sauerland) H. costifusus, H. carintiacus (172534)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Thuringia) Typhloproetus subcarintiacus (234938)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) H. subcarintiacus (38645 219036 219037 219038 219039 219040)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany H. costifusus (229399 229492) H. subcarintiacus (172510 181336 218983 218984 229396 229400 229401) Proetus carintiacus (223449) Typhloproetus subcarintiacus (172533)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Austria H. carintiacus (38599 38600 42402 42406) H. ebersdorfensis, H. subcarintiacus, H. carintiacus (38596 42404) H. subcarintiacus (38603 42401) H. subcarintiacus, H. carintiacus (42405)