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Longiproetus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Longiproetus was named by Cavet and Pillet (1958) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife-u D Give-u Sepkoski's reference number: 933]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Proetus (Longiproetus) by Ormiston (1967); it was reranked as Gerastos (Longiproetus) by Chlupac (1992).

It was assigned to Proetus by Ormiston (1967); to Gerastos by Chlupac (1992); to Proetinae by Feist and Petersen (1995); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Longiproetus Cavet and Pillet
1967Proetus (Longiproetus) Ormiston
1992Gerastos (Longiproetus) Chlupac p. 141
1995Longiproetus Feist and Petersen p. 103
2002Longiproetus Jell and Adrain
2002Longiproetus Sepkoski

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusLongiproetusCavet and Pillet 1958

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. †Longiproetus Cavet and Pillet 1958
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Longiproetus confusus Hawle and Corda 1847
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Longiproetus glandiferus Novák 1890
Longiproetus tenuimargo Richter 1909
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available