Decoroproetus brevifrons Angelin 1854 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Alternative combinations: Forbesia brevifrons, Ogmocnemis brevifrons, Proetus brevifrons

Belongs to Decoroproetus according to R. M. Owens 1973

Sister taxa: Decoroproetus asellus, Decoroproetus bodae, 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 15245, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Ã…lleberg, Bestorp, which is in a Pirgu carbonate limestone in the Jonstorp Formation of Sweden.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Sweden (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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