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Paroistodus proteus

Conodonta - Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae

Taxonomy
Drepanodus proteus was named by Lindström (1955).

It was recombined as Paroistodus proteus by Löfgren (1978).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. mutatus, P. paralellus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Drepanodus proteus Lindström
1978Paroistodus proteus Löfgren

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumConodontophorida()
RankNameAuthor
classConodonta
orderProtopanderodontida
familyDrepanoistodontidae(Fahraeus and Nowlan 1978)
genusParoistodusLindström 1971
speciesproteus(Lindström 1955)

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.

†Paroistodus proteus Lindström 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-02-03 07:48:42
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:46
Source: c = class
Reference: Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Hunneberg to the top of the Billingen or 481.10000 to 471.10000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Iran Paroistodus proteus (116232 116238 116500 116501)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Paroistodus proteus (205632)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0Canada (British Columbia) Paroistodus proteus (177727 177728 177729 177730)
Hunneberg481.1 - 474.8Estonia (Harju) Paroistodus proteus (203647 203648 203649 203650)
Hunneberg481.1 - 474.8Russian Federation (St. Petersburg) Paroistodus proteus (191285 191286 191287 191288 191289 191290 191291 191292 191293 191294 191295 191296 191297 191301 191302 191303 191309 191310 191311 191312 191314 191315 191316 191317 191318)
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Hubei) Paroistodus proteus (203694 203696)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Russian Federation (St. Petersburg) Paroistodus proteus (191298 191299 191319)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Estonia (Harju) Paroistodus proteus (203645 203646)