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Proetus (Devonoproetus) sparsinodosus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus (Devonoproetus) sparsinodosus was named by Feist and Talent (2000). Its type specimen is AMF 112495, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Proetus (Devonoproetus) sparsinodosus Feist and Talent pp. 69 - 71 figs. 3A, E, I, M, N

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusProetus
subgenusDevonoproetus(Lutke 1990)
speciessparsinodosus

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.

Proetus (Devonoproetus) sparsinodosus Feist and Talent 2000
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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: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 13:00:00
Modified: 2009-06-09 15:00:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Australia (Queensland) Proetus sparsinodosus (223293)