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Cornuproetus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Cornuproetus was named by Richter and Richter (1919) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-u D Give-u Sepkoski's reference number: 421,1106]. Its type is Gerastos cornutus.

It was reranked as Proetus (Cornuproetus) by Erben (1951).

It was assigned to Proetus by Erben (1951); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Tropidocoryphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Cornuproetinae by Van Viersen et al. (2019) and Bault et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Cornuproetus Richter and Richter
1951Proetus (Cornuproetus) Erben
2002Cornuproetus Jell and Adrain p. 360
2002Cornuproetus Sepkoski
2019Cornuproetus Van Viersen et al. p. 20
2021Cornuproetus Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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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
subfamilyCornuproetinaeRichter et al. 1959
genusCornuproetusRichter and Richter 1919

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. †Cornuproetus Richter and Richter 1919
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Subg. †Cornuproetus (Eopiriproetus) Alberti 1966
Subg. †Cornuproetus (Tafilaltaspis) Alberti 1966
Subg. †Cornuproetus (Vicinoproetus) Alberti 1967
Subg. †Cornuproetus (Voigtaspis) Alberti 1967
Cornuproetus asperellus Ancygin 1977
Cornuproetus augur Šnajdr 1980
Cornuproetus curtus Barrande 1852
Cornuproetus kimi Owens et al. 2010
Cornuproetus kyphora Holloway 1980
Cornuproetus latentissimus Van Viersen and Prescher 2010
Cornuproetus pusulosus Feist and Belka 2018
Cornuproetus rudrichteri Alberti 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available