Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Parent taxon: Proetidae according to C. P. Stocker et al. 2019
See also Adrain et al. 1995
Sister taxa: Aayemenaytcheia, Astycoryphinae, Ceratoproetus, Chlupaculinae, Chuanoproetus, Conophillipsiinae, Cornuproetinae, Crassiproetinae, Dechenellinae, Diacoryphinae, Drevermanniinae, Eodrevermanniinae, Hypaproetus, Lauchellum, Menorcaspidinae, Merebolina, Mirabolinae, Oidalaproetus, Ormistonia, Panibole, Paryfenus, Perliproetinae, Phaseolops, Phyllaspis, Plesiowensus, Prodiacoryphe, Proetidellinae, Proetinae, Schaderthalaspis, Silesiops, Sinobole, Xenocybe, Yanshanaspis, Yichangaspis
Subtaxa: Chuanqianoproetus Helokybe Latiproetus Paleodechenella Parawarburgella Prantlia Taynaella Tcherkesovia Tetinia Tropidocare
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Czechia (7 collections)
• Silurian of Australia (7), Canada (6: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Yukon), China (26), Czechia (5), Japan (1), Latvia (1), Sweden (1), Tajikistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: Alaska), Uzbekistan (4)
Total: 66 collections including 73 occurrences