Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Parent taxon: Proetinae according to H. E. Hughes 2010
See also Begg 1950, Jell and Adrain 2002, Owen 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Benesovella, Bohemiproetus, Coniproetus, 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: Cyphoproetus bellus Cyphoproetus comitilus Cyphoproetus depressa Cyphoproetus facetus Cyphoproetus pugionis Cyphoproetus semidepressus Cyphoproetus svartoensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (7: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario collections), Czechia (5), Greenland (2), Latvia (1), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (14)
• Ordovician of Canada (5: Northwest Territories, Quebec), Norway (6), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 48 collections including 53 occurrences
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