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 (Decoroproetus), Decoroproetus asellus, Decoroproetus bodae, Decoroproetus brevifrons, Decoroproetus concentricus, Decoroproetus corycoeus, Decoroproetus decorus, Decoroproetus farragatus, Decoroproetus fearnsidesi, Decoroproetus furubergensis, Decoroproetus gyratus, Decoroproetus jamesoni, Decoroproetus papyraceus, Decoroproetus planulatus, Decoroproetus reussi, Decoroproetus scrobiculatus, Decoroproetus solenotus, Decoroproetus subornatus, Proetidella ardmillanensis
Type specimen: PMO 70439, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Øvre Nes Badestrand, Asker, which is in a Rawtheyan carbonate limestone in the Kalvsjøen Formation of Norway.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Norway (2 collections), Sweden (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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