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Gerastos (Longiproetus) novaki

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus (Proetus) novaki was named by Pribyl (1964).

It was recombined as Proetus novaki by Přibyl (1964); it was recombined as Gerastos (Longiproetus) novaki by Chlupáč (1982); it was recombined as Coniproetus (Coniproetus) novaki by Chlupac (1983); it was recombined as Coniproetus novaki by Lieberman (1994) and van Viersen (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Proetus (Proetus) novaki Pribyl
1964Proetus novaki Přibyl
1982Gerastos (Longiproetus) novaki Chlupáč
1983Coniproetus (Coniproetus) novaki Chlupac
1994Coniproetus novaki Lieberman p. 28
2021Coniproetus novaki van Viersen p. 215

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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
genusGerastosCavet and Pillet 1958
subgenusLongiproetus
speciesnovaki(Pribyl 1964)

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: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Middle Devonian or 410.80000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian - Middle Devonian410.8 - 382.7Czech Republic Gerastos novaki (10344)