Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Synonym: Clypoproetus Begg 1939
Full reference: J. L. Begg. 1939. Some new Species of Proetidae and Otarionidae from the Ashgillian of Girvan. Geological Magazine 76(8):372-382
Parent taxon: Crassiproetinae according to R. M. Owens 2006
Sister taxa: Boliviproetus, Crassiproetus, Dechenellurus, Elimaproetus, Hedstroemia, Mannopyge, Monodechenella, Raerinproetus, Thebanaspis, Winiskia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (3: Quebec collections), the United Kingdom (9)
• Ordovician of Norway (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (2: Nevada)
Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences
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