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Taxonomy
Gerastos (Devonoproetus) was named by Lutke (1990). It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Proetus by Adrain (1997) and Jell and Adrain (2002); it was Proetus (Devonoproetus) by Feist and Talent (2000); it was reranked as Devonoproetus by Sepkoski (2002) and Basse et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Gerastos by Lütke (1990); to Proetus by Feist and Talent (2000); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proetinae by Basse et al. (2016).
It was synonymized subjectively with Proetus by Adrain (1997) and Jell and Adrain (2002); it was Proetus (Devonoproetus) by Feist and Talent (2000); it was reranked as Devonoproetus by Sepkoski (2002) and Basse et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Gerastos by Lütke (1990); to Proetus by Feist and Talent (2000); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proetinae by Basse et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1990 | Gerastos (Devonoproetus) Lutke |
| 1990 | Gerastos (Devonoproetus) Lütke |
| 2000 | Proetus (Devonoproetus) Feist and Talent p. 69 |
| 2002 | Devonoproetus Sepkoski |
| 2016 | Devonoproetus Basse et al. p. 180 |
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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 (Devonoproetus) Lutke 1990
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†Proetus (Devonoproetus) latimargo Feist and Talent 2000
†Proetus (Devonoproetus) sparsinodosus Feist and Talent 2000
†Proetus (Devonoproetus) talenti Chatterton 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959, Fortey and Owens 1999 | |||||