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Gerastos (Longiproetus) confusus fuconsus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Gerastos (Longiproetus) confusus fuconsus was named by Šnajdr (1980). Its type specimen is MS 6615 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Gerastos (Longiproetus) fuconsus by Wagner (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Gerastos (Longiproetus) confusus fuconsus Šnajdr pp. 65 - 66 figs. pl. 7 13-20; pl. 61 f. 3; pl.
2020Gerastos (Longiproetus) fuconsus Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
RankNameAuthor
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusGerastosCavet and Pillet 1958
subgenusLongiproetus
speciesconfusus()
subspeciesfuconsus

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
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: Pragian or 413.02000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Prague) Gerastos fuconsus (12071)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia Gerastos fuconsus (60435)