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Coniproetus subovalis

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus (Proetus) subovalis was named by Kobayashi and Hamada (1974). Its type specimen is KKPFM 15188, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 3. Ys 15. Gomi Quarry, which is in a Ludlow reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Fukata Formation of Japan.

It was recombined as Coniproetus subovalis by Stocker et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Proetus (Proetus) subovalis Kobayashi and Hamada p. 113
2019Coniproetus subovalis Stocker et al. pp. 212 - 213 figs. 4A, B, D, E

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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
genusConiproetus(Alberti 1966)
speciessubovalis()

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.

Coniproetus subovalis Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Ludlow or 427.40000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Japan (Shikoku) Proetus subovalis (type locality: 188690)