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Simaproetus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Simaproetus was named by Šnajdr (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg Sepkoski's reference number: 1106]. Its type is Simaproetus simax.

It was assigned to Proetinae by Chlupac (1994); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
S. simax (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Simaproetus Šnajdr pp. 105 - 106
1994Simaproetus Chlupac p. 503
2002Simaproetus Jell and Adrain p. 445
2002Simaproetus 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
genusSimaproetus

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. †Simaproetus Šnajdr 1980
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Simaproetus simax Šnajdr 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic S. simax (60435)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Prague) S. simax (12071)
Pragian - Middle Devonian410.8 - 382.7Czech Republic S. simax (10344)