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Cornuproetus kyphora

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Cornuproetus kyphora was named by Holloway (1980). Its type specimen is USNM 255819, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trilobites of the St Clair Limestone, Arkansas, which is in a Wenlock deep subtidal ramp grainstone/lime mudstone in the St. Clair Limestone Formation of Arkansas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Cornuproetus kyphora Holloway pp. 12 - 13 figs. Plate 1, figs. 20-22, 25

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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
subfamilyCornuproetinaeRichter et al. 1959
genusCornuproetusRichter and Richter 1919
specieskyphora

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.

Cornuproetus kyphora Holloway 1980
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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Wenlock or 432.90000 to 426.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Arkansas) Cornuproetus kyphora (type locality: 26020 229058)