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Pudoproetus guangxiensis

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus (Pudoproetus) guangxiensis was named by Zhu and Yuan (1988). Its type specimen is 67/Nb 11-7/105875, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pudoproetus guangxiensis by Yuan and Xiang (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Proetus (Pudoproetus) guangxiensis Zhu and Yuan pp. 202-203 figs. pI. 52, 9; pI. 53, 1-7; non pI. 51, fig. 12; non. pI. 53, fig. 8.
1998Pudoproetus guangxiensis Yuan and Xiang p. 46

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusPudoproetus(Hessler 1963)
speciesguangxiensis(Zhu and Yuan 1988)

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.

Pudoproetus guangxiensis Zhu and Yuan 1988
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Pudoproetus guangxiensis bellus Yuan and Xiang 1998
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Hastarian or 358.86000 to 353.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7China (Guangxi) Pudoproetus bellus (222331 222334) Pudoproetus guangxiensis, Pudoproetus bellus (222330 222332)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China Proetus guangxiensis (162313)