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Eremiproetus

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Eremiproetus was named by Richter and Richter (1919) [Sepkoski's age data: S Prid D Give-u Sepkoski's reference number: 421]. Its type is Proetus eremita.

It was reranked as Proetus (Eremiproetus) by Pribyl (1947).

It was assigned to Proetus by Pribyl (1947); to Tropidocoryphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eremiproetinae by Owens (1973), Stocker et al. (2019) and Bault et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Eremiproetus Richter and Richter
1947Proetus (Eremiproetus) Pribyl p. 1
1973Eremiproetus Owens p. 167
2002Eremiproetus Jell and Adrain p. 374
2002Eremiproetus Sepkoski
2019Eremiproetus Stocker et al. p. 226
2021Eremiproetus 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
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyEremiproetinaeAlberti 1967
genusEremiproetusRichter 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. †Eremiproetus Richter and Richter 1919
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Eremiproetus agellus Owens 1973
Eremiproetus eremita Barrande 1852
Eremiproetus magnicerviculus Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
Eremiproetus subcarinatus Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
Eremiproetus subplanatus Maurer 1885
Eremiproetus tozeri Ormiston 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Pirgu to the top of the Givetian or 449.50000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian - Hirnantian453.0 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarne) E. agellus (73413)
Pirgu - Porkuni449.5 - 443.7Sweden (Dalarne) E. agellus (73407 73462 73489)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Japan (Shikoku) Proetus subcarinatus, Proetus magnicerviculus (188690)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic E. senex (230925) E. sp. (14072 14110 14111)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Czech Republic E. senex (14045 14113)
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Czech Republic (Barrandia) E. dufresnoyi, E. charops (12183)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco E. cacuminatus (27056) E. cacuminatus, E. maurulus (27050) E. cacuminatus, E. notabilis (27042) E. cacuminatus, E. papilio, E. ferentarius, E. berberus (27061) E. meridianomaurus (27068) E. tafialtanus, E. erfoudanus, E. helmuti, E. meridianomaurus, E. munitus (27062)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6USA (Alaska) E. tozeri (229261)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic E. natator (12101)
Early/Lower Emsian - Late/Upper Emsian409.1 - 391.9Morocco E. emerita, E. notabilis (208233)
Zlichovian409.1 - 391.9Czech Republic (Barrandia) E. emerita (12143)
Zlichovian409.1 - 391.9Czech Republic E. emerita (10467)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Nunavut) Cornuproetus tozeri (26621)
Daleje - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Czech Republic E. dufresnoyi, E. charops (10469)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco E. dufresnoyi (27071 27072 208204) E. trautensteinensis (27070)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Cornuproetus tozeri (26622)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Morocco E. dufresnoyi (27114)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7China (Inner Mongolia) E. sp. (217248)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Morocco E. dufresnoyi (27124)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Hessen) E. eremitus, E. dufresnoyi, E. catillus, E. charops (229648)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Koneprusy) E. eremita (12257)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Barrandia) E. eremita (12040)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany E. crassirhachis (5907)
Middle Givetian383.0 - 380.2Germany E. subplanatus (229647)
Middle Givetian383.0 - 380.2Germany (Sauerland) E. subplanatus (229409)