Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1963. Middle Ordovician trilobites from Lower Head, western Newfoundland. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 129(1):1-118
Parent taxon: Proetidae according to R. A. Fortey and D. L. Bruton 2013
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Owens and Hammann 1990, Sepkoski 2002 and Whittington 1963
Sister taxa: Aayemenaytcheia, Astycoryphinae, Ceratoproetus, Chuanoproetus, Cornuproetinae, Crassiproetinae, Dechenellinae, Drevermanniinae, Eodrevermanniinae, Hypaproetus, Lauchellum, Merebolina, Mirabolinae, Oidalaproetus, Ormistonia, Panibole, Paryfenus, Perliproetinae, Phyllaspis, Plesiowensus, Prodiacoryphe, Proetidellinae, Proetinae, Schaderthalaspis, Silesiops, Sinobole, Triproetus, Warburgellinae, Xenocybe, Yanshanaspis, Yichangaspis
Subtaxa: Phaseolops bobowensi Phaseolops sepositus
Type: Phaseolops sepositus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of Canada (3: Newfoundland and Labrador collections)
• Ordovician of Ireland (1), Norway (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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