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Pseudogerastos vaningeni

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus vaningeni was named by Foerste (1923). It is the type species of Pseudogerastos.

It was recombined as Pseudogerastos vaningeni by Lütke (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Proetus vaningeni Foerste
1990Pseudogerastos vaningeni Lütke

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusPseudogerastos
speciesvaningeni(Foerste 1923)

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.

Pseudogerastos vaningeni Foerste 1923
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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: Wenlock or 432.90000 to 426.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Arkansas) Proetus vaningeni (26020) Pseudogerastos vaningeni (229058)