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Proetus (Proetus)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Proetus (Proetus) Steininger

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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
subgenusProetusSteininger 1931

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 (Proetus) Steininger 1931
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Invalid names: Proetus (Proetus) fletcheri Salter 1854 [synonym]
Proetus (Proetus) ovalis Alberti 1969
Proetus (Proetus) prox Richter and Richter 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 13:00:00
Modified: 2009-06-09 15:00:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Gorstian to the top of the Frasnian or 427.40000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6United Kingdom (England) Proetus concinnus (229319)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco Proetus ovalis (27062 27068) Proetus sp. (27041)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3France (Alsace) Proetus sp. (40505)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Algeria Proetus sp. A aff. granulosus, Proetus sp. B aff. granulosus (27145)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Morocco Proetus prox (27127)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Spain Proetus sp. (27618 27714)