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Orbitoproetus orbitatus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus orbitatus was named by Barrande (1846). It is the type species of Orbitoproetus.

It was recombined as Orbitoproetus orbitatus by Pillet (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Proetus orbitatus Barrande
1969Orbitoproetus orbitatus Pillet

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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
genusOrbitoproetusPillet 1969
speciesorbitatus(Barrande 1846)

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.

Orbitoproetus orbitatus Barrande 1846
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Daleje to the top of the Eifelian or 410.62000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) Orbitoproetus orbitatus (12183)
Daleje - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Czechia Orbitoproetus orbitatus (10469)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco Proetus orbitatus (27073)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Hessen) Orbitoproetus orbitatus (229648)