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Protoconus crestatus

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Carinopeltidae

Taxonomy
Protoconus crestatus was named by Yü (1979). It is not extant. Its type locality is Yangtze Gorge, Yichang, Protoconus-Eosoconus assemblage, which is in a Meishucunian carbonate dolomite in the Huangshandong Formation of China. It is the type species of Protoconus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Protoconus crestatus
2010Protoconus crestatus Parkhaev and Demidenko p. 1047 figs. Pl. 70, figs. 1-5
2017Protoconus crestatus Kouchinsky et al. p. 371

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
orderHelcionellida
superfamilyHelcionelloidea(Wenz 1938)
familyCarinopeltidae
genusProtoconus
speciescrestatus

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: aragonitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-04-21 11:56:53
Modified: 2009-10-09 12:03:09
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tommotian or 530.00000 to 520.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meishucunian - Tommotian541.0 - 520.0China (Yunnan) Protoconus crestatus (96449)
Meishucunian541.0 - 516.0China (Hubei) Protoconus crestatus (type locality: 107669)
Cambrian541.0 - 485.4China (Yunnan) Protoconus crestatus (201511 201551)
Tommotian530.0 - 520.0Russian Federation (Sakha) Protoconus crestatus (233169)
Tommotian530.0 - 520.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Protoconus crestatus (233166)