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Solariproetus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4637614https://www.gbif.org/species/4637614
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)21371https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21371
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Rorringtoniidae : Solariproetus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Aulacopleurida : Rorringtoniidae : Solariproetus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderAulacopleuridaAdrain 2011
familyRorringtoniidaeOwens and Hammann 1990
genusSolariproetusQu 1986
Scientific NameSolariproetus Qu, 1986
Name Published InActa Palaeont. Sin. 25 (3)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Solariproetusgenusbelongs to Proetidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Solariproetusgenusbelongs to Toernquistiidaestated with evidenceOwens, 2004
Solariproetusgenusbelongs to Rorringtoniidaestated with evidenceAdrain and Westrop, 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance456 - 446 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance443 - 441 Ma
Silurian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Visionwell-developed (based on Rorringtoniidae)
Dietcarnivore (based on Trilobita)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Solariproetus prosthemesos
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4456 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Solariproetus shichengziensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4456 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Solariproetus triangularis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1986Solariproetus Qu
2002Solariproetus Sepkoski, Jr.
2004Solariproetus Owens
2007Solariproetus Adrain and Westrop p. 346

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Owens R. M. (2004) Late Ordovician and early Silurian Proetida (Trilobita) from North-Western and Central Europe, Palaeontology 47 3, 557-578
Adrain J. M., Westrop S. R. (2007) Bearriverops, a new Lower Ordovician trilobite genus from the Great Basin, western USA, and classification of the family Dimeropygidae, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44, 337-366
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Acta Palaeont. Sin. 25 (3) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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!
 
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