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Triproetus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Neoproetus (Triproetus) Kobayashi and Hamada p. 10
1992Triproetus Brezinski p. 930
2002Triproetus Jell and Adrain p. 455
2002Triproetus Sepkoski
2003Triproetus Owens p. 382
2015Triproetus Fortey and Heward p. 214

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
genusTriproetus()

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. †Triproetus Kobayashi and Hamada 1979
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Triproetus altasulcus Brezinski 1992
Triproetus angustus Brezinski 1992
Triproetus bonbon Fortey and Heward 2015
Triproetus spitsbergensis Osmólska 1968
Triproetus subovalis Kobayashi and Hamada 1979
Triproetus tumidus Brezinski 1992
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. K. Brezinski 1992Glabella pyriform in outline; frontal lobe inflated; anterior border poorly developed or lackin Preoccipital lobes small, slightly swollen; eyes large; facial sutures with very long c to ' section. Pygidium with broad ax and border flanged.
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: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Capitanian or 298.90000 to 259.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Thailand Neoproetus subovalis (133251)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) T. angustus (43468 43472 43474 43475 75939)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen Ditomopyge spitsbergensis (116062)
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1USA (Texas) T. altasulcus (102612)
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1Canada (Yukon) Ditomopyge spitsbergensis (116371)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) T. altasulcus (43544 75931) T. tumidus (43588 102613 102620) T. tumidus, T. altasulcus (43559 102617)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) T. altasulcus (43558 43586) T. angustus (75864) T. tumidus (43534 102608)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Oman T. bonbon (166923)
Kungurian - Roadian279.3 - 268.8Oman T. bonbon (166924)
Kazanian272.5 - 268.0Indonesia (Timor) T. trigonoceps (216428)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9Malaysia Neoproetus subovalis (62915)