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Triproetus altasulcus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Triproetus altasulcus was named by Brezinski (1992). Its type specimen is USNM 447537, a pygidium, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM712p, Hill 5021, Sullivan Peak, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian slope limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Triproetus altasulcus Brezinski p. 934 figs. 5.25-5.31

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
genusTriproetus()
speciesaltasulcus

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.

Triproetus altasulcus Brezinski 1992
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Kungurian or 295.50000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1USA (Texas) Triproetus altasulcus (102612)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Triproetus altasulcus (43544 43559 type locality: 75931 102617)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Triproetus altasulcus (43558 43586)