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Astroproetus asteroideus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus (Clypoproetus) asteroideus was named by Begg (1939). Its type specimen is BG. 7713 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ladyburn River, Starfish Bed, Bed No. 2, which is in a Rawtheyan marine limestone in the South Threave Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Astroproetus asteroideus by Whittington (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Proetus (Clypoproetus) asteroideus Begg pp. 374 figs. PL VI, fig. 1
1966Astroproetus asteroideus Whittington

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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
subfamilyCrassiproetinaeOsmólska 1970
genusAstroproetus()
speciesasteroideus()

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.

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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: Rawtheyan or 448.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Clypoproetus asteroideus (type locality: 162241)