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Taxonomy
Proetus cuvieri was named by Steininger (1831). It is the type species of Proetus (Gerastos).
It was recombined as Proetus (Gerastos) cuvieri by Goldfuss (1843), Owens (1973); it was recombined as Gerastos cuvieri by Lieberman (1994), Basse (1996), Magrean (2007), van Viersen (2021).
It was recombined as Proetus (Gerastos) cuvieri by Goldfuss (1843), Owens (1973); it was recombined as Gerastos cuvieri by Lieberman (1994), Basse (1996), Magrean (2007), van Viersen (2021).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1831 | Proetus cuvieri Steininger p. 355 figs. Plate XXI, Fig. 6 |
| 1843 | Proetus (Gerastos) cuvieri Goldfuss |
| 1967 | Proetus cuvieri Whittington and Campbell p. 457 figs. pl. 3, figs. 1-3 |
| 1973 | Proetus (Gerastos) cuvieri Owens pp. 9-10 figs. text-fig. 3a, b |
| 1994 | Gerastos cuvieri Lieberman pp. 24 - 26 figs. 7.6-7.12 |
| 1996 | Gerastos cuvieri Basse pp. 139 - 140 figs. pl. 6 f. 3-6; pl. 8 f. 5 |
| 2007 | Gerastos cuvieri Magrean p. 33 |
| 2021 | Gerastos cuvieri van Viersen p. 205 figs. D, 7B-D, ,11A-F, H |
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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.
†Gerastos cuvieri Steininger 1831
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†Gerastos cuvieri cuvieri Steininger 1831
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class | |||||
| References: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 399.50000 to 387.95000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Emsian | France (Alsace) | Proetus cuvieri (40068) | |
| Eifelian | Germany (Hessen) | Gerastos cuvieri (229648) | |
| Eifelian | Germany (Sauerland) | Gerastos cuvieri (232878 235181) | |
| Eifelian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Gerastos cuvieri (188939) | |
| Eifelian | Germany (Nordwest Westfalen) | Gerastos cuvieri (229541) | |
| Eifelian | Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) | Gerastos cuvieri (188766) | |
| Eifelian | Germany | Gerastos cuvieri (207809) |