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Gerastos granulosus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus (Proetus) granulosus was named by Kielan (1954).

It was recombined as Gerastos granulosus by Basse and Müller (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. aluxal

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Proetus (Proetus) granulosus Kielan
2004Gerastos granulosus Basse and Müller

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusGerastos(Goldfuss 1843)
speciesgranulosus(Kielan 1954)

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.

†Gerastos granulosus Kielan 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available