Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative spelling: Proetus (Cornuproetus)
Parent taxon: Cornuproetinae according to V. Bault et al. 2021
See also Chlupac 1983, Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Van Viersen et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Buchiproetus, Cyrtosymboloides, Dalejeproetus, Diademaproetus, Eopiriproetus, Hollandiella, Ignoproetus, Interproetus, Koneprusites, Lepidoproetus, Linguaproetus, Montanproetus, Ogmocnemis, Paralepidoproetus, Parapalpebralia, Paraproetus, Parvigena, Piriproetus, Proetopeltis, Quadratoproetus, Sculptoproetus, Timsaloproetus, Vicinoproetus, Voigtaspis, Wolayella
Subtaxa: Cornuproetus (Cornuproetus) Cornuproetus (Eopiriproetus) Cornuproetus (Tafilaltaspis) Cornuproetus (Vicinoproetus) Cornuproetus (Voigtaspis) Cornuproetus asperellus Cornuproetus augur Cornuproetus curtus Cornuproetus kimi Cornuproetus kyphora Cornuproetus latentissimus Cornuproetus pusulosus Cornuproetus rudrichteri Cornuproetus steinbergicus Cornuproetus taciturnus
Type: Gerastos cornutus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (3 collections), Austria (1), Belgium (5), the Czech Republic (7), France (1), Germany (5), Morocco (8), the Russian Federation (1), Uzbekistan (1)
• Silurian of Australia (1), the Czech Republic (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Arkansas)
Total: 37 collections including 40 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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