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Gerastos (Erbenites)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Erbenites was named by Pribyl (1964) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife D Give-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1106]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Proetus (Erbenites) by Alberti (1969); it was reranked as Gerastos (Erbenites) by Pillet (1972).

It was assigned to Proetus by Alberti (1969); to Gerastos by Pillet (1972); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Erbenites Pribyl
1969Proetus (Erbenites) Alberti
1972Gerastos (Erbenites) Pillet
2002Erbenites Jell and Adrain p. 374
2002Erbenites Sepkoski

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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
genusGerastos(Goldfuss 1843)
subgenusErbenites(Pribyl 1964)

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. †Gerastos (Erbenites) Pribyl 1964
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Erbenites fallax Barrande 1846
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available