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Helmutia

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Orbitoproetus (Helmutia) was named by Feist and Orth (2000). Its type is Helmutia rissanensis.

It was reranked as Helmutia by Bault et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Orbitoproetus by Feist and Orth (2000); and to Proetinae by Bault et al. (2021).

Subtaxa
H. rissanensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Orbitoproetus (Helmutia) Feist and Orth
2021Helmutia Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusHelmutia()

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.

G. †Helmutia Feist and Orth 2000
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Helmutia rissanensis Feist and Orth 2000
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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eifelian to the top of the Early/Lower Givetian or 390.50000 to 385.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95Morocco Orbitoproetus rissanensis (234949)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Morocco Orbitoproetus rissanensis (234948 234950)