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Lepidoproetus (Lepidoproetus)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Lepidoproetus (Lepidoproetus) Erben p. 1045

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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
subfamilyCornuproetinaeRichter et al. 1959
genusLepidoproetusErben 1951
subgenusLepidoproetusErben 1951

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. †Lepidoproetus (Lepidoproetus) Erben 1951
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†Lepidoproetus (Lepidoproetus) diademifer Chlupac and Vanek 1965
†Lepidoproetus (Lepidoproetus) maharchianus Johnson and Fortey 2012
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Invalid names: Lepidoproetus (Lepidoproetus) biosam Šnajdr 1980 [synonym]
†Lepidoproetus (Lepidoproetus) splendens Johnson and Fortey 2012
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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Pragian or 419.20000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Czech Republic (Prague) Lepidoproetus microgranulatus (12068) Lepidoproetus sp., Lepidoproetus diademifer (12072)
Lochkovian - Middle Devonian419.2 - 382.7Czech Republic Lepidoproetus diademifer, Lepidoproetus microgranulatus (10314)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Srbsko) Lepidoproetus dimifer (80314 230979) Lepidoproetus midifrons, Lepidoproetus dimifer (230948)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Prague) Lepidoproetus midifrons, Lepidoproetus diademifer, Lepidoproetus biosam (12083)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco (Anti-Atlas) Lepidoproetus splendens (136391)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic Lepidoproetus bambuco (12104) Lepidoproetus dimifer (78280)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Smichov) Lepidoproetus biosam, Lepidoproetus dimifer (80315)
Pragian - Middle Devonian410.8 - 382.7Czech Republic Lepidoproetus luxon (10379)