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Taxonomy
Proetus turgidus was named by Northrop (1939). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Northrop Locality 019. Along crest of Reddish Point ridge, east of Port Daniel, which is in a Pridoli deep subtidal shelf lime mudstone in the West Point Formation of Canada.
It was recombined as Crassiproetus turgidus by Lieberman (1994).
It was recombined as Crassiproetus turgidus by Lieberman (1994).
Synonymy list
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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.
†Crassiproetus turgidus Northrop 1939
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Diagnosis
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| B. S. Lieberman 1994 | Thirteen pygidial axial rings; axis prominently arched and elevated posteriorly, prominently pointed posteriorly; axial segments weakly convex anteriorly interpleural furrows faint; 10 pleural segments; distally pleural segments moderately deflected posteriorly; border developed as flattened ledge. |
Measurements
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| References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||