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Proetus (Astroproetus) whittardi

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus (Astroproetus) whittardi was named by Begg (1939). Its type specimen is BG 7707 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ladyburn River, Starfish Bed, Bed No. 2, which is in a Rawtheyan marine limestone in the South Threave Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Panarchaeogonus whittardi by Owens (1974); it was synonymized subjectively with Panarchaeogonus trigodus by Owens (1978).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Proetus (Astroproetus) whittardi Begg pp. 376 - 378 figs. Plate VI, fig. 3
1974Panarchaeogonus whittardi Owens p. 688 figs. text-fig. 2B

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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
subgenusAstroproetus
specieswhittardi

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
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