Coniproetus Alberti 1966 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Alternative spelling: Proetus (Coniproetus)

Synonyms: Coniproetus (Tropiconiproetus) Šnajdr 1980, Gerastos (Tropiconiproetus) Šnajdr 1980, Tropiconiproetus Šnajdr 1980

Parent taxon: Proetinae according to V. Bault et al. 2021

See also Chatterton and Perry 1977, Chlupac 1983, Lieberman 1994, Sepkoski 2002, Šnajdr 1980, van Viersen 2021 and Zhou et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Benesovella, Bohemiproetus, Cyphoproetus, Deinoproetus, Devonoproetus, Dohmiella, Ejinoproetus, Eosoproetus, Ganinella, Gerastos, Gomiites, Helmutia, Kegeliella, Khalfinella, Kolymoproetus, Lacunoporaspis, Longiproetus, Luojiashania, Mezzaluna, Myoproetus, Oehlertaspis, Orbitoproetus, Perliproetus, Podoliproetus, Praedechenella, Pragoproetus, Proetina, Proetus, Pseudodechenella, Pseudogerastos, Pudoproetus, Pulcherproetus, Rhenocynproetus, Schizoproetina, Simaproetus, Unguliproetus, Warburgella, Westropia, Eocyrtosymbole

Subtaxa: Coniproetus (Bohemiproetus) Coniproetus (Coniproetus) Coniproetus alamar Coniproetus conradi Coniproetus dnestrovianus Coniproetus eurysthenes Coniproetus exspectatus Coniproetus folliceps Coniproetus foucauldi Coniproetus gagis Coniproetus laticaudata Coniproetus multirugosus Coniproetus novaki Coniproetus praeaffinis Coniproetus ryckholti Coniproetus subovalis Proetus (Coniproetus) irroratus Proetus (Coniproetus) whittakerensis

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Type: Proetus (Proetus) condensus

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (48 collections), Canada (7: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Yukon), the Czech Republic (22), France (1), Morocco (4), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), United States (3: Indiana, New York)

• Silurian to Devonian of Morocco (1)

• Silurian of Belarus (1), Canada (3: Northwest Territories), the Czech Republic (10), Japan (2), Latvia (1), Ukraine (1)

Total: 106 collections including 122 occurrences

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