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Gerastos (Longiproetus) confusus suconfus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Gerastos confusus suconfus was named by Snajdr (1980).

It was recombined as Gerastos (Longiproetus) confusus suconfus by Chlupáč (1982); it was recombined as Gerastos (Longiproetus) suconfus by Wagner (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Gerastos confusus suconfus Snajdr
1982Gerastos (Longiproetus) confusus suconfus Chlupáč
2020Gerastos (Longiproetus) suconfus Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
RankNameAuthor
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusGerastosCavet and Pillet 1958
subgenusLongiproetus
speciesconfusus()
subspeciessuconfus(Snajdr 1980)

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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic Gerastos suconfus (10378)