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Ceratoproetus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Discussion

PJW: This had Poulson 1937 entered as the author. Either that is a homonym or a mistake; Sepkoski clearly recorded the Chinese Devonian genus, not a possible Greenland Ordovician one.

Taxonomy
Ceratoproetus was named by Luo and Jiang (1985) [Sepkoski's age data: D l Sepkoski's reference number: ZR85]. Its type is Ceratoproetus guangnanensis.

It was assigned to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. guangnanensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Ceratoproetus Luo and Jiang
2002Ceratoproetus Jell and Adrain p. 476
2002Ceratoproetus Sepkoski

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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
genusCeratoproetusLuo and Jiang 1985

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. †Ceratoproetus Luo and Jiang 1985
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Ceratoproetus guangnanensis Luo and Jiang 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available