Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Alternative spelling: Proetus (Eremiproetus)
Parent taxon: Eremiproetinae according to V. Bault et al. 2021
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Owens 1973, Owens 1973, Sepkoski 2002 and Stocker et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Nagaproetus, Phaetonellus, Tafilaltaspis, Xiphogonium
Subtaxa: Eremiproetus agellus Eremiproetus eremita Eremiproetus magnicerviculus Eremiproetus subcarinatus Eremiproetus subplanatus Eremiproetus tozeri
Type: Proetus eremita
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of Germany (2 collections)
• Devonian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (1), the Czech Republic (7), Germany (2), Morocco (13), United States (1: Alaska)
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (6), Japan (1)
• Ordovician of Sweden (4)
Total: 39 collections including 55 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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