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Cyrtoproetus (Cyrtoproetus) amaurus

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtoproetus (Cyrtoproetus) amaurus was named by Hahn et al. (1994). Its type specimen is B 1994/1/48 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kronhof Graben, Carnic Alpes, 9 km east of the Plöcken pass, which is in a Hastarian carbonate limestone in the Kronhof Limestone Formation of Austria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Cyrtoproetus (Cyrtoproetus) amaurus Hahn et al. pp. 626 - 627 figs. Taf.3, Fig. 12-16; Abb. 8-10

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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
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyArchegoninaeHahn and Brauckmann 1984
genusCyrtoproetusReed 1943
subgenusCyrtoproetusReed 1943
speciesamaurus

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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Hastarian or 358.90000 to 353.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Austria Cyrtoproetus amaurus (type locality: 37220)