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Myoproetus myops

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus myops was named by Barrande (1846). It is the type species of Myoproetus.

It was recombined as Myoproetus myops by Šnajdr (1976).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Proetus myops Barrande
1976Myoproetus myops Šnajdr

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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
genusMyoproetusSnajdr 1976
speciesmyops(Barrande 1846)

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.

Myoproetus myops Barrande 1846
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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: base of the Daleje to the top of the Eifelian or 409.10000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Czech Republic (Barrandia) Myoproetus myops (12183)
Daleje - Eifelian409.1 - 387.7Czech Republic Myoproetus myops (10469)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Hessen) Myoproetus myops (229648)