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Proetus (Crassiproetus)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus (Crassiproetus) was named by Stumm (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg D Give-l Sepkoski's reference number: 421,933]. Its type is Crassiproetus traversensis.

It was Cyrtoproetus (Crassiproetus) by Hahn et al. (1998); it was reranked as Crassiproetus by Lieberman (1994), Jell and Adrain (2002), Sepkoski (2002) and Owens (2006).

It was assigned to Proetus by Stumm (1953); to Proetinae by Lieberman (1994); to Cyrtoproetus by Hahn et al. (1998); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Crassiproetinae by Owens (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Proetus (Crassiproetus) Stumm p. 110
1994Crassiproetus Lieberman pp. 60 - 63
1998Cyrtoproetus (Crassiproetus) Hahn et al.
2002Crassiproetus Jell and Adrain p. 361
2002Crassiproetus Sepkoski
2006Crassiproetus Owens

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusProetus
subgenusCrassiproetus

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.

Subg. †Proetus (Crassiproetus) Stumm 1953
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