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Elimaproetus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Elimaproetus was named by Curtis and Lane (1997). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Crassiproetinae by Owens (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Elimaproetus Curtis and Lane
2002Elimaproetus Jell and Adrain p. 370
2006Elimaproetus Owens

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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
subfamilyCrassiproetinaeOsmólska 1970
genusElimaproetusCurtis and Lane 1997

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. †Elimaproetus Curtis and Lane 1997
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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, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Telychian or 438.50000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Shropshire) E. diabolicus (49579 49584)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Wales) E. haverfordensis (50276)