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Eremiproetus tozeri

Artiopoda - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Cornuproetus tozeri was named by Ormiston (1967). Its type specimen is GSC 18144, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Eremiproetus tozeri by Lemke (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Cornuproetus tozeri Ormiston pp. 64 - 65 figs. Plate VII, figures 5-10
2020Eremiproetus tozeri Lemke

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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
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyEremiproetinaeAlberti 1967
genusEremiproetusRichter and Richter 1919
speciestozeri()

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.

†Eremiproetus tozeri Ormiston 1967
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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
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Emsian or 413.02000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62USA (Alaska) Eremiproetus tozeri (229261)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Nunavut) Cornuproetus tozeri (26621)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Canada (Northwest Territories) Cornuproetus tozeri (26622)