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Cyrtoproetus cracoensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsia cracoensis was named by Reed (1899).

It was recombined as Cyrtosymbole cracoensis by Reed (1943); it was recombined as Archegonus cracoensis by Osmolska (1968); it was recombined as Cyrtoproetus (Cyrtoproetus) cracoensis by Hahn et al. (2001); it was recombined as Cyrtoproetus cracoensis by Weller (1959), Hahn and Hahn (1969) and Rak et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Phillipsia cracoensis Reed
1943Cyrtosymbole cracoensis Reed
1959Cyrtoproetus cracoensis Weller
1968Archegonus cracoensis Osmolska
1969Cyrtoproetus cracoensis Hahn and Hahn
2001Cyrtoproetus (Cyrtoproetus) cracoensis Hahn et al. p. 175
2012Cyrtoproetus cracoensis Rak et al.

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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
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyArchegoninaeHahn and Brauckmann 1984
genusCyrtoproetusReed 1943
speciescracoensis(Reed 1899)

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.

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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 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Asbian or 353.80000 to 336.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Czech Republic Cyrtoproetus cracoensis (138585)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Belgium Cyrtoproetus cracoensis (37131)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) Cyrtoproetus cracoensis (5965 5966)