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Helioproetus

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Helioproetus was named by Richter (1919) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-u Sepkoski's reference number: 802]. It is not extant. Its type is Proetus ebersdorfensis.

It was assigned to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cyrtosymbolinae by Feist and Lerosey-Aubril (2005) and Basse and Lemke (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Helioproetus Richter
2002Helioproetus Jell and Adrain p. 383
2002Helioproetus Sepkoski
2005Helioproetus Feist and Lerosey-Aubril p. 466
2020Helioproetus Basse and Lemke p. 214

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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
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusHelioproetusRichter 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. †Helioproetus Richter 1919
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Helioproetus carintiacus Drevermann 1901
Helioproetus costifusus Richter and Richter 1928
Helioproetus pusillus Münster 1840
Invalid names: Pusillabole Alberti 1973 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available