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 ryckholti Coniproetus subovalis Proetus (Coniproetus) irroratus Proetus (Coniproetus) whittakerensis
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 (21), France (1), Morocco (4), 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: 104 collections including 120 occurrences
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