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Crassiproetus alpenensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus (Crassiproetus) alpenensis was named by Stumm (1953).

It was recombined as Crassiproetus alpenensis by Lieberman (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Proetus (Crassiproetus) alpenensis Stumm pp. 113-114 figs. pl. 1, f. 4, 5, 20
1994Crassiproetus alpenensis Lieberman p. 77 figs. 19.7-19.10

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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
subfamilyCrassiproetinaeOsmólska 1970
genusCrassiproetus()
speciesalpenensis()

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. S. Lieberman 1994Genal angle deflected posteriorly; genal spine long and pointed; SO at anterior edge of intraoccipital lobe follows a straight linear course distally; SO at midline weakly incised; librigena steeply arched; librigenal field narrow, equal to transverse width of eye; anterior cephalic border short (sag., exsag.); pygidial border developed as flat, vertical flange; pygidial axis contacts border; pygidial pleurae laterally weakly deflecting posteriorly.
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: Givetian or 387.70000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Michigan) Crassiproetus alpenensis (206786)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Michigan) Proetus alpenensis (39830 207837)