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Gerastos confragosus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus confragosus was named by Přibyl (1965).

It was recombined as Gerastos (Gerastos) confragosus by Chlupac (1983); it was recombined as Gerastos confragosus by van Viersen (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Proetus confragosus Přibyl
1983Gerastos (Gerastos) confragosus Chlupac
2021Gerastos confragosus van Viersen p. 216

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusGerastos(Goldfuss 1843)
speciesconfragosus(Přibyl 1965)

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.

Gerastos confragosus Přibyl 1965
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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: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Daleje to the top of the Early/Lower Devonian or 409.10000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Czech Republic (Barrandia) Gerastos confragosus (12183)
Daleje - Eifelian409.1 - 387.7Czech Republic Gerastos confragosus (10469)