Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Plesiowensus obconicus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus obconicus was named by Lindstrom (1885).

It was recombined as Proetus (Coniproetus) obconicus by Alberti (1969); it was recombined as Proetus (Lacunoporaspis) obconicus by Owens (1973); it was recombined as Plesiowensus obconicus by Lieberman (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Proetus obconicus Lindstrom p. 78 figs. pl. 15, figs. 22-24
1969Proetus (Coniproetus) obconicus Alberti p. 446
1973Proetus (Lacunoporaspis) obconicus Owens pp. 11, 17-19 figs. pl. 4, figs. 11-19, pl. 5, fig. 1
1994Plesiowensus obconicus Lieberman p. 35

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
genusPlesiowensus
speciesobconicus(Lindstrom 1885)

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.

Plesiowensus obconicus Lindstrom 1885
show all | hide all
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Gorstian to the top of the Whitcliffe or 427.40000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Ukraine Proetus obconicus (23354)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) Proetus obconicus (479 229320)
Leintwardine - Whitcliffe421.3 - 419.2Sweden (Gotland) Proetus obconicus (192343)