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Vicinoproetus vicinus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus vicinus was named by Barrande (1872). It is the type species of Cornuproetus (Vicinoproetus).

It was recombined as Cornuproetus (Vicinoproetus) vicinus by Alberti (1967); it was recombined as Vicinoproetus vicinus by Bault et al. (2021).

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Proetus vicinus Barrande
1967Cornuproetus (Vicinoproetus) vicinus Alberti
2021Vicinoproetus vicinus Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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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
subfamilyCornuproetinaeRichter et al. 1959
genusVicinoproetus()
speciesvicinus()

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.

Vicinoproetus vicinus Barrande 1872
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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 (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic Vicinoproetus vicinus (12104)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco Cornuproetus vicinus (27037 27040 27050)
Pragian - Middle Devonian410.8 - 382.7Czech Republic Vicinoproetus vicinus (10379)