Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative combination: Ditomopyge spitsbergensis
Full reference: H. Osmólska. 1968. Two new trilobites from the Treskelodden bed of Hornsund (Vestspitsbergen). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 13:605-614
Belongs to Triproetus according to R. M. Owens 2003
See also Ormiston 1973 and Osmólska 1968
Sister taxa: Triproetus altasulcus, Triproetus angustus, Triproetus bonbon, Triproetus subovalis, Triproetus tumidus
Type specimen: ZNG Kr. 1213/560, a pygidium. Its type locality is Treskelen, Creek IV, Hornsund, which is in an Asselian marine limestone in the Treskelodden Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (1: Yukon collection), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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