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Longiproetus tenuimargo

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus tenuimargo was named by Richter (1909).

It was recombined as Proetus (Euproetus) tenuimargo by Richter and Richter (1918); it was recombined as Proetus (Longiproetus) tenuimargo by Ormiston (1967); it was recombined as Proetus (Gerastos) tenuimargo by Owens (1973); it was recombined as Longiproetus tenuimargo by Lieberman (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Proetus tenuimargo Richter p. 14
1918Proetus (Euproetus) tenuimargo Richter and Richter p. 69 figs. text-fig. 4a-c.
1967Proetus (Longiproetus) tenuimargo Ormiston pp. 57, 59
1973Proetus (Gerastos) tenuimargo Owens p. 10 figs. 3e, f
1994Longiproetus tenuimargo Lieberman pp. 27 - 28

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusLongiproetusCavet and Pillet 1958
speciestenuimargo(Richter 1909)

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.

†Longiproetus tenuimargo Richter 1909
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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: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eifelian to the top of the Givetian or 389.60000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belgium (Chimay) Longiproetus tenuimargo (229199)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Eifel) Longiproetus tenuimargo (222843)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7France (Alsace) Proetus tenuimargo (40071)
Late/Upper Eifelian389.6 - 387.7Germany Longiproetus tenuimargo (235169 235186)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7France (Alsace) Proetus tenuimargo (40072 40074)