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Latiproetus latilimbatus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus latilimbatus was named by Grabau (1925).

It was recombined as Latiproetus latilimbatus by Lu (1962); it was misspelled as Proetus altilimbatus by Mu et al. (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Proetus latilimbatus Grabau
1962Latiproetus latilimbatus Lu
1986Proetus altilimbatus Mu et al.

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyWarburgellinaeOwens 1973
genusLatiproetusLu 1962
specieslatilimbatus(Grabau 1925)

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.

Latiproetus latilimbatus Grabau 1925
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Telychian or 440.50000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9China (Henan) Proetus altilimbatus (27869)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7China (Jiangxi) Latiproetus latilimbatus (27897)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6China Latiproetus latilimbatus (197396)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Sichuan) Latiproetus latilimbatus (27780)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Hubei) Latiproetus latilimbatus (27779)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Anhui) Latiproetus latilimbatus (27738)