Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Full reference: R. M. Owens. 1973. Ordovician Proetidae (Trilobita) from Scandinavia. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 53:117-181
Belongs to Decoroproetus according to R. M. Owens 1973
Sister taxa: Decoroproetus asellus, Decoroproetus brevifrons, Decoroproetus corycoeus, Decoroproetus decorus, Decoroproetus evexus, Decoroproetus farragatus, Decoroproetus fearnsidesi, Decoroproetus furubergensis, Decoroproetus gyratus, Decoroproetus jamesoni, Decoroproetus papyraceus, Decoroproetus reussi, Decoroproetus scrobiculatus, Decoroproetus solenotus, Decoroproetus subornatus, Proetidella ardmillanensis
Type specimen: RM AR 10896, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Boda, which is in a Pirgu/Hirnantian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Boda Limestone Formation of Sweden.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Boda
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