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Cornuproetus (Cornuproetus)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Cornuproetus (Cornuproetus) Richter and Richter

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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
genusCornuproetusRichter and Richter 1919
subgenusCornuproetusRichter and Richter 1919

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.

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: Zlichovian or 409.10000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco Cornuproetus rudrichteri (27042 27055)
Zlichovian409.1 - 391.9Czech Republic Cornuproetus cornutus (10467)
Zlichovian409.1 - 391.9Czech Republic (Barrandia) Cornuproetus cornutus (12143)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7France Cornuproetus sp. (188453)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Morocco Cornuproetus cornutus (27127)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cornuproetus meinkenbrachtensis (229637)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Sauerland) Cornuproetus meinkenbrachtensis (229469 229644)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Moravia) Cornuproetus sp. (25063)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belgium (Ardennes) Cornuproetus cornutus (229166)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belgium Cornuproetus cornutus (185591 223279)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Cornuproetus cornutus, Cornuproetus cornutus (188766)