Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: C. K. Chamberlain. 1977. Carboniferous and Permian trilobites from Ellesmere Island and Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 51:758-771
Belongs to Proetus (Pudoproetus) according to C. K. Chamberlain 1977
Sister taxa: Pudoproetus abnormis, Pudoproetus brevis, Pudoproetus cambrertus, Pudoproetus chappelensis, Pudoproetus expansus, Pudoproetus fernglenensis, Pudoproetus guangxiensis, Pudoproetus mediterraneus, Pudoproetus missouriensis, Pudoproetus priscus, Pudoproetus xiakouensis, Zhifangia damghanensis
Type specimen: GSC 44783, a cephalon/head (Cranidium). Its type locality is GSC 56430, Stepanow Creek, Hare Fiord, Ellesmere Island, which is in a Moscovian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Hare Fiord Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at GSC 56430, Stepanow Creek, Hare Fiord, Ellesmere Island
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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