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Lepidoproetus lepidus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus lepidus was named by Barrande (1846).

It was recombined as Lepidoproetus (Lepidoproetus) lepidus by Šnajdr (1980); it was recombined as Lepidoproetus lepidus by van Viersen and Lerouge (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Proetus lepidus Barrande
1980Lepidoproetus (Lepidoproetus) lepidus Šnajdr pp. 213 - 214 figs. pl. 43 f. 1-26; pl. 44 f. 7; txt. f. 7a
2020Lepidoproetus lepidus van Viersen and Lerouge

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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
subfamilyCornuproetinaeRichter et al. 1959
genusLepidoproetusErben 1951
specieslepidus(Barrande 1846)

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.

Lepidoproetus lepidus Barrande 1846
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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: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Pragian or 419.20000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Morocco Cornuproetus lepidus (13938 27036 27054)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Czech Republic (Prague) Lepidoproetus lepidus (12068 12072 80309)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Czech Republic Lepidoproetus lepidus (14121 14189 231818)
Lochkovian - Middle Devonian419.2 - 382.7Czech Republic Lepidoproetus lepidus (10314)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Prague) Lepidoproetus lepidus (12083)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Srbsko) Lepidoproetus latiannulatus (80314 230979)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic Lepidoproetus latiannulatus (78280) Lepidoproetus lepidus (12104)
Pragian - Middle Devonian410.8 - 382.7Czech Republic Lepidoproetus lepidus (10379)