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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
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—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: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Zlichovian to the top of the Late/Upper Eifelian or 409.10000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (19 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 - 387.7Belgium (Ardennes) Cornuproetus cornutus (229166)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Moravia) Cornuproetus sp. (25063)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Sauerland) Cornuproetus meinkenbrachtensis (229469 229644)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Cornuproetus cornutus (188766)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Morocco Cornuproetus cornutus (27127)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belgium Cornuproetus cornutus (185591 223279)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cornuproetus meinkenbrachtensis (229637)
Late/Upper Eifelian389.6 - 387.7Germany (Nordwest Westfalen) Cornuproetus meinkenbrachtensis (235167)
Late/Upper Eifelian389.6 - 387.7Germany (Sauerland) Cornuproetus meinkenbrachtensis (235182 235183 235184)
Late/Upper Eifelian389.6 - 387.7Morocco Cornuproetus oudrissensis (234951)