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Helioproetus carintiacus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Proetus carintiacus was named by Drevermann (1901) ["Proetus" (?) carintiacus]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Plöckenhauses bei Kötschach, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the Pal Grande Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Typhloproetus carintiacus by Richter and Richter (1926); it was recombined as Helioproetus carintiacus by Feist (1992), Feist et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Proetus carintiacus Drevermann p. 119 figs. Taf. 13 Fig. 8, 8a
1913Proetus carintiacus Richter and Richter p. 406
1926Typhloproetus carintiacus Richter and Richter p. 72 figs. Taf. 5 Fig. 60
1992Helioproetus carintiacus Feist p. 27 figs. Tat. 1, Fig. 1,3-5,7
2000Helioproetus carintiacus Feist et al. p. 521 figs. Taf. 1 Fig. 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusHelioproetusRichter 1919
speciescarintiacus()

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.

Helioproetus carintiacus Drevermann 1901
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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: blindg
Created: 2009-12-19 02:41:52
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:41:52
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 365.20000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Austria Proetus carintiacus (type locality: 234939)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany Proetus carintiacus (223449)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Austria Helioproetus carintiacus (38596 38599 38600 42402 42404 42405 42406)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Sauerland) Helioproetus carintiacus (172534)