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Cyphoproetus bellus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Phaethonides bellus was named by Cooper and Kindle (1936). Its type specimen is USNM 91790., a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Warburgella bella by Lespérance (1968); it was recombined as Cyphoproetus bellus by Lespérance and Weissenberger (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Phaethonides bellus Cooper and Kindle p. 365 figs. Plate 53, figure 15
1968Warburgella bella Lespérance p. 816
1998Cyphoproetus bellus Lespérance and Weissenberger p. 307

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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
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusCyphoproetusKegel 1927
speciesbellus()

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.

Cyphoproetus bellus Cooper and Kindle 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 08:15:23
Modified: 2009-06-10 10:15:23
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: Ashgill or 449.50000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Phaethonides bellus (37790)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Warburgella bella (13131)