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Piriproetus (Piriproetus) ornatissimus

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus (Piriproetus) ornatissimus was named by Erben (1952).

It was recombined as Cornuproetus (Piriproetus) ornatissimus by Alberti (1969); it was recombined as Piriproetus (Piriproetus) ornatissimus by Alberti (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Proetus (Piriproetus) ornatissimus Erben
1969Cornuproetus (Piriproetus) ornatissimus Alberti
2000Piriproetus (Piriproetus) ornatissimus Alberti p. 541

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyCornuproetinaeRichter et al. 1959
genusPiriproetus()
subgenusPiriproetusErben 1952
speciesornatissimus(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: Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 407.60000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Morocco Cornuproetus ornatissimus (27117)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany Piriproetus ornatissimus (229262)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Morocco Cornuproetus ornatissimus (27074 27147 27148)