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Semiproetus (Macrobole) brevis

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Semiproetus (Macrobole) brevis was named by Feist (1992). Its type specimen is GEOLBA 1989-3-100, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Semiproetus (Macrobole) brevis Feist pp. 32 - 33 figs. Taf. 4, Fig. 7-9

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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
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusSemiproetusReed 1943
subgenusMacrobole()
speciesbrevis

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.

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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Hastarian or 358.86000 to 353.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Austria Semiproetus brevis (38614 38615 38616 42414 42416)