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Eosoproetus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Eosoproetus was named by Zhou et al. (2000). Its type is Eosoproetus zhengi.

It was assigned to Proetinae by Zhou et al. (2000).

Species
E. laevigatus, E. zhengi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Eosoproetus Zhou et al. p. 465

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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
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusEosoproetus

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.

G. †Eosoproetus Zhou et al. 2000
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Eosoproetus laevigatus Zhou et al. 2000
Eosoproetus zhengi Zhou et al. 2000
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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 407.60000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3China (Inner Mongolia) E. sp. (217254) E. sp. indet. (217253 217255)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7China (Inner Mongolia) E. laevigatus (217263) E. zhengi (217256 217259 217260 217261) E. zhengi, E. laevigatus (217257)