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Eremiproetus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Eremiproetus was named by Richter and Richter (1919) [Sepkoski's age data: S Prid D Give-u Sepkoski's reference number: 421]. Its type is Proetus dufresnoyi.

It was reranked as Proetus (Eremiproetus) by Pribyl (1947); it was reranked as Cornuproetus (Eremiproetus) by Alberti (1964).

It was assigned to Proetus by Pribyl (1947); to Cornuproetus by Alberti (1964); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Tropidocoryphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Eremiproetinae by Owens (1973), Stocker et al. (2019), Bault et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Eremiproetus Richter and Richter
1947Proetus (Eremiproetus) Pribyl p. 1
1964Cornuproetus (Eremiproetus) Alberti
1967Natatoraspis Pribyl
1973Eremiproetus Owens p. 167
2002Eremiproetus Jell and Adrain p. 374
2002Eremiproetus Sepkoski
2019Eremiproetus Stocker et al. p. 226
2021Eremiproetus 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
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyEremiproetinaeAlberti 1967
genusEremiproetusRichter and Richter 1919

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. †Eremiproetus Richter and Richter 1919
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Eremiproetus agellus Owens 1973
Eremiproetus berberus Alberti 1967
Eremiproetus dufresnoyi Hawle and Corda 1847
Eremiproetus eremita Barrande 1852
Eremiproetus erfoudanus Alberti 1969
Eremiproetus ferentarius Alberti 1964
Eremiproetus helmuti Alberti 1967
Eremiproetus magnicerviculus Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
Eremiproetus maurulus Alberti 1969
Eremiproetus munitus Alberti 1969
Eremiproetus natator Barrande 1852
Eremiproetus notabilis Alberti 1964
Eremiproetus papilio Erben 1952
Eremiproetus subcarinatus Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
Eremiproetus subplanatus Maurer 1885
Eremiproetus tafilaltanus Alberti 1967
Eremiproetus tozeri Ormiston 1967
Invalid names: Natatoraspis Pribyl 1967 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Pirgu to the top of the Middle Givetian or 449.50000 to 383.40000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) E. agellus (73413)
Pirgu - Porkuni449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) E. agellus (73407 73462 73489)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Japan (Shikoku) Proetus subcarinatus, Proetus magnicerviculus (188690)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czechia E. senex (230925) E. sp. (14072 14110 14111)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Czechia E. senex (14045 14113)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) E. charops, E. dufresnoyi (12183)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco E. cacuminatus (27056) E. cacuminatus, E. maurulus (27050) E. cacuminatus, E. notabilis (27042) E. ferentarius, E. cacuminatus, E. berberus, E. papilio (27061) E. meridianomaurus (27068) E. tafialtanus, E. meridianomaurus, E. erfoudanus, E. helmuti, E. munitus (27062)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia E. natator (12101)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62USA (Alaska) E. tozeri (229261)
Early/Lower Emsian - Late/Upper Emsian410.62 - 393.47Morocco E. emerita, E. notabilis (208233)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Nunavut) Cornuproetus tozeri (26621)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Morocco E. trautensteinensis (27070)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Barrandia) E. emerita (12143)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czechia E. emerita (10467)
Daleje - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Czechia E. charops, E. dufresnoyi (10469)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Morocco E. dufresnoyi (27071 27072 208204)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Morocco E. dufresnoyi (27114)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Canada (Northwest Territories) Cornuproetus tozeri (26622)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Morocco E. dufresnoyi (27124)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Hessen) E. eremitus, E. catillus, E. charops, E. dufresnoyi, Natatoraspis humilis (229648)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Koneprusy) E. eremita, Nagaproetus ferentarius (12257)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Barrandia) E. eremita, Nagaproetus ferentarius (12040)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95China (Inner Mongolia) E. sp. (217248)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany E. crassirhachis (5907)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Germany E. subplanatus (229647)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4Germany (Sauerland) E. subplanatus (229409)