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Triproetus ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Triproetus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 299 - 296 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 265 - 260 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Proetidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder (based on Proetida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. Kobayashi and T. Hamada. 1979. Permo-Carboniferous trilobites from Thailand and Malaysia. Geology and Palaeontology of Southeast Asia 20:1-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Triproetus altasulcus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 296 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Triproetus angustus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 279 Ma Permian | |
| Triproetus bonbon ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 279 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
| Triproetus spitsbergensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 296 Ma Permian | |
| Triproetus subovalis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 265 Ma Permian | |
| Triproetus tumidus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 290 Ma Permian | 279 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1979 | Neoproetus (Triproetus) Kobayashi and Hamada p. 10 |
| 2002 | Triproetus Jell and Adrain p. 455 |
| 2002 | Triproetus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Triproetus Owens p. 382 |
| 2015 | Triproetus Fortey and Heward p. 214 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
