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Proetus (Tropidocoryphe)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus (Tropidocoryphe) was named by Novak (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: S u D Give-u].

It was reranked as Tropidocoryphe by Jell and Adrain (2002), Sepkoski (2002), Feist and Belka (2018) and Van Viersen et al. (2019).

It was assigned to Proetus by Novak (1890); to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Tropidocoryphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Tropidocoryphinae by Feist and Belka (2018) and Van Viersen et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Proetus (Tropidocoryphe) Novak
2002Tropidocoryphe Jell and Adrain p. 456
2002Tropidocoryphe Sepkoski
2018Tropidocoryphe Feist and Belka p. 286
2019Tropidocoryphe Van Viersen et al. p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusProetus
subgenusTropidocorypheNovak 1890

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.

Subg. †Proetus (Tropidocoryphe) Novak 1890
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Diagnosis
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