Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Synonym: Lacunoporaspinae Pillet 1972
Parent taxon: Proetidae according to R. M. Owens 2003
See also Ivanova et al. 2009, Owen 1981 and Pillet 1972
Sister taxa: Aayemenaytcheia, Astycoryphinae, Ceratoproetus, Chuanoproetus, Cornuproetinae, Crassiproetinae, Dechenellinae, Drevermanniinae, Eodrevermanniinae, Hypaproetus, Lauchellum, Merebolina, Mirabolinae, Oidalaproetus, Ormistonia, Panibole, Paryfenus, Perliproetinae, Phaseolops, Phyllaspis, Plesiowensus, Prodiacoryphe, Proetidellinae, Schaderthalaspis, Silesiops, Sinobole, Triproetus, Warburgellinae, Xenocybe, Yanshanaspis, Yichangaspis
Subtaxa: Benesovella Bohemiproetus Coniproetus Cyphoproetus Deinoproetus Devonoproetus Dohmiella Ejinoproetus Eocyrtosymbole Eosoproetus Ganinella Gerastos Gomiites Helmutia Kegeliella Khalfinella Kolymoproetus Lacunoporaspis Longiproetus Luojiashania Mezzaluna Myoproetus Oehlertaspis Orbitoproetus Perliproetus Podoliproetus Praedechenella Pragoproetus Proetina Proetus Pseudodechenella Pseudogerastos Pudoproetus Pulcherproetus Rhenocynproetus Schizoproetina Simaproetus Unguliproetus Warburgella Westropia
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Australia (1 collection), Belgium (3), Canada (1: Nunavut), China (5), France (1), Iran (1), Japan (1), United States (24: Alaska, California, Iowa, Kentucky, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Givetian of Germany (3)
• Devonian of Algeria (3), Australia (56), Austria (1), Belgium (13), Canada (44: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Northwest Territories and Yukon, Nunavut, Ontario, Yukon), China (18), Colombia (1), the Czech Republic (47), France (8), Germany (33), Italy (4), Morocco (44), Poland (10), the Russian Federation (8), Spain (4), Ukraine (7), United States (26: Alaska, Idaho, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, Utah), Uzbekistan (7), Vietnam (5)
• Jaani of Estonia (2)
• Silurian to Devonian of Austria (1), Morocco (1)
• Silurian of Australia (3), Austria (1), Belarus (1), Canada (52: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec), China (8), the Czech Republic (17), Estonia (6), Greenland (3), Ireland (1), Japan (3), Latvia (2), Norway (4), Paraguay (1), Poland (6), the Russian Federation (5), Sweden (17), Tajikistan (1), Ukraine (27), the United Kingdom (36), United States (25: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, New York, Oklahoma, Wisconsin), Uzbekistan (4)
• Ordovician of Canada (12: Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Iran (2), Lithuania (1), Norway (6), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (8), the United Kingdom (5), United States (7: Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio)
Total: 651 collections including 936 occurrences