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Unguliproetus menaniensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus (Proetus) menaniensis was named by Pribyl (1948). Its type specimen is SMBN-CF 581, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Proetus menaniensis by Přibyl (1949); it was recombined as Proetus (Unguliproetus) menaniensis by Erben (1951); it was recombined as Unguliproetus menaniensis by Alberti (1969); it was recombined as Pragoproetus menaniensis by Šnajdr (1980) and Chlupáč (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Proetus (Proetus) menaniensis Pribyl p. 300 figs. pl. 2 f. 22-24
1949Proetus menaniensis Přibyl
1951Proetus (Unguliproetus) menaniensis Erben p. 14 figs. pl. 3 f. 12
1969Unguliproetus menaniensis Alberti p. 103 figs. pl. 6 f. 1
1980Pragoproetus menaniensis Šnajdr pp. 98 - 99 figs. pl. 15 f. 3-6; pl. 60 f. 15; txt. f. 34
1982Pragoproetus menaniensis Chlupáč

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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
genusUnguliproetusErben 1951
speciesmenaniensis(Pribyl 1948)

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
Collections
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