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Taxonomy
Proetus zhusilengensis was named by Zhou et al. (2000). Its type specimen is XIG TR482, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is A026. Zhusilenghaierhan area, which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone/siltstone in the Zhusileng Formation of China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2000 | Proetus zhusilengensis Zhou et al. pp. 463 - 464 figs. PI. 2 figs 9-10; pi. 3 figs 1-3 |
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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.
†Proetus zhusilengensis Zhou et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| Z. Zhou et al. 2000 | Proetus with: glabella with weakly convex sides and coarse granules covering it entirely; short genal spine; pygidium with poorly defined border, pygidial axis with anterior three or four ring furrows much deeper than remainder. |
Measurements
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| References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||