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Stenoblepharum pentagonoides

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Proetus pentagonoides was named by Warburg (1925). Its type specimen is RM. Ar 10838, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Stenoblepharum pentagonoides by Owens (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Proetus pentagonoides Warburg p. 176 figs. pl. 5 f. 22
1973Stenoblepharum pentagonoides Owens p. 165 figs. 11L, O-R

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
genusStenoblepharum
speciespentagonoides(Warburg 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.

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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Pirgu to the top of the Katian or 449.50000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian453.0 - 445.2Sweden (Dalarna) Proetus pentagonoides (124939)
Katian - Hirnantian453.0 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarne) Proetus pentagonoides, Stenoblepharum pentagonoides (73413)
Pirgu - Porkuni449.5 - 443.7Sweden (Dalarne) Proetus pentagonoides, Stenoblepharum pentagonoides (73462) Stenoblepharum pentagonoides (73407)