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Proetocephalus

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Proetocephalus was named by Lutke (1977) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-l D Emsi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 933]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Denemarkiinae by Feist (2003).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Proetocephalus Lutke
2002Proetocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 477
2002Proetocephalus Sepkoski
2003Proetocephalus Feist p. 438

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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
familyTropidocoryphidae(Pribyl 1946)
subfamilyTropidocoryphinae(Pribyl 1946)
genusProetocephalusLutke 1977

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. †Proetocephalus Lutke 1977
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Proetocephalus anceps Lütke 1977
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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:01:20
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:01:20
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999
Collections
No collection or age range data are available