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Astroproetus ainae

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus ainae was named by Warburg (1925).

It was recombined as Paraproetus ainae by Přibyl (1964); it was recombined as Astroproetus ainae by Owens (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Proetus ainae Warburg p. 178 figs. pl. 5 f. 26-31
1964Paraproetus ainae Přibyl p. 44
1973Proetus ainae Owens pp. 122-125 figs. 1A-F, H-L
2006Astroproetus ainae Owens p. 135

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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
genusAstroproetus()
speciesainae(Warburg 1925)

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.

Astroproetus ainae Warburg 1925
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Pirgu to the top of the Hirnantian or 449.50000 to 443.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pirgu - Hirnantian449.5 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarne) Proetus ainae (73414)