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Piriproetus (Piriproetoides) amblyops

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus (Piriproetus) amblyop was named by Erben (1952). It is not extant. It is the type species of Piriproetoides.

It was recombined as Cornuproetus (Piriproetus) amblyops by Alberti (1969); it was recombined as Piriproetoides amblyops by Alberti (1981); it was recombined as Piriproetus (Piriproetoides) amblyops by Alberti (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Proetus (Piriproetus) amblyop Erben pp. 202-205, 224-227 figs. Abb. 23a, Taf. 19 Fig. O
1969Cornuproetus (Piriproetus) amblyops Alberti p. 186 figs. Taf. 19 Fig. 15
1981Piriproetoides amblyops Alberti p. 366 figs. Abb. 3 (pars)
2000Piriproetus (Piriproetoides) amblyops Alberti pp. 542 - 543 figs. Taf. 1 Fig. 11, Tal. 2 Fig. 4

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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
genusPiriproetus()
subgenusPiriproetoides()
speciesamblyops(Erben 1952)

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: blindg
Created: 2010-02-03 01:46:13
Modified: 2010-02-03 03:46:13
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany Piriproetus amblyops (229262)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Morocco Cornuproetus amblyops (27119 27123 27124 27148 27149 27150)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Barrandia) Piriproetus amblyops (12252)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic Piriproetus amblyops (10474)