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Cyrtoproetus (Sinocyrtoproetus) convexus

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtoproetus (Sinocyrtoproetus) convexus was named by Yuan and Xiang (1998). Its type specimen is GPIN 96797 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Sinocyrtoproetus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Cyrtoproetus (Sinocyrtoproetus) convexus Yuan and Xiang pp. 147 - 149 figs. pl. 18, fig. 14; pl. 24, figs. 3-9; text-fig. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyArchegoninaeHahn and Brauckmann 1984
genusCyrtoproetusReed 1943
subgenusSinocyrtoproetus(Yuan and Xiang 1998)
speciesconvexus

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
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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, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Hastarian or 358.90000 to 353.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8China (Guizhou) Cyrtoproetus convexus (218974 218977)