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Pulcherproetus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Pulcherproetus was named by Lutke (1990) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl-u S Prid Sepkoski's reference number: 933]. It is not extant. Its type is Proetus pulcher.

It was assigned to Proetinae by Zhou et al. (2000); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Pulcherproetus Lutke
2000Pulcherproetus Zhou et al. p. 462
2002Pulcherproetus Jell and Adrain p. 477
2002Pulcherproetus Sepkoski

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusPulcherproetusLutke 1990

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. †Pulcherproetus Lutke 1990
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Pulcherproetus pulcher Nieszkowski 1857
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Paadla to the top of the Pridoli or 426.70000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paadla426.7 - 423.0Estonia Proetus pulcher (13727)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Ukraine Proetus pulcher (23359)