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Semiproetus (Macrobole)

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtosymbole (Macrobole) was named by Richter and Richter (1951).

It was reranked as Macrobole by Jell (2002); it was Semiproetus (Macrobole) by Gandl et al. (2015).

It was assigned to Cyrtosymbole by Richter and Richter (1951); to Proetidae by Jell (2002); and to Semiproetus by Gandl et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Cyrtosymbole (Macrobole) Richter and Richter
2002Macrobole Jell p. 401
2015Semiproetus (Macrobole) Gandl et al. p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusSemiproetusReed 1943
subgenusMacrobole()

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.

Subg. †Semiproetus (Macrobole) Richter and Richter 1951
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Macrobole drewerensis longisuta Richter and Richter 1951
Macrobole duodecimae Richter and Richter 1951
Macrobole hercules Richter and Richter 1951
Macrobole latipalpebrata Osmólska 1973
Macrobole latipalpebrata sinensis Yuan and Xiang 1998
Macrobole magna Yuan and Xiang 1998
Macrobole orientalis Xiang 1989
Macrobole orientalis longa Yuan and Xiang 1998
Semiproetus (Macrobole) drewerensis Richter and Richter 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Ivorian or 365.20000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cyrtosymbole drewerensis, Semiproetus sp. (229359)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Poland Phillibole drewerensis (218770 218771)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7China (Guangxi) Macrobole nanbiancunensis (222340 222342) Macrobole nanbiancunensis, Macrobole magna (222341)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Austria Semiproetus brevis (38614 38616 42414 42416) Semiproetus drewerensis (38612 42415) Semiproetus drewerensis, Semiproetus brevis (38615)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Semiproetus drewerensis (38646 229363) Semiproetus sp. (229361)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7France Semiproetus drewerensis (38642)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7China (Guizhou) Macrobole drewerensis, Macrobole latipalpebrata, Macrobole orientalis, Macrobole longisuta, Macrobole longa (218974) Macrobole drewerensis, Macrobole orientalis, Macrobole longisuta, Macrobole longa, Macrobole latipalpebrata (218977) Macrobole latipalpebrata (218950)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Germany Semiproetus drewerensis, Semiproetus duodecimae (38648)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7United Kingdom (England) Phillibole duodecimae, Phillibole hercules (229584 229586)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7United Kingdom (England) Cyrtosymbole sp., Cyrtosymbole drewerensis, Cyrtosymbole duodecimae (217186)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Semiproetus drewerensis (38644)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7Poland Cyrtosymbole laticampa (216570)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7Czechia Cyrtosymbole vigilax (67220) Semiproetus drewerensis (138585)