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Proetus (Proetus) ovalis

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus (Proetus) ovalis was named by Alberti (1969).

It was recombined as Orbitoproetus ovalis by Lemke (2020) and Bault et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Proetus (Proetus) ovalis Alberti
2020Orbitoproetus ovalis Lemke
2021Orbitoproetus ovalis Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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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
genusProetus
subgenusProetusSteininger 1931
speciesovalis

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.

Proetus (Proetus) ovalis Alberti 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 13:00:00
Modified: 2009-06-09 15:00:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy 2009

Age range: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco Proetus ovalis (27062 27068)