Proetus Steininger 1831 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Synonyms: Aeonia Burmeister 1843 [objective synonym], Euproetus Richter and Richter 1918 [objective synonym], Falcatoproetus Lutke 1990, Forbesia M'Coy 1846, Proetus (Euproetus) Richter and Richter 1918 [objective synonym]

Full reference: J. Steininger. 1831. Observations sur les fossiles du calcaire intermediaire de L'Eifel. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France 1(15):331-371

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

See also Begg 1950, Carroll 1988, Chatterton and Perry 1977, Hahn et al. 2013, Jell and Adrain 2002, Lieberman 1994, Owens 1973, Sepkoski 2002 and Warburg 1925

Sister taxa: Benesovella, Bohemiproetus, Coniproetus, 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, Pseudodechenella, Pseudogerastos, Pudoproetus, Pulcherproetus, Rhenocynproetus, Schizoproetina, Simaproetus, Unguliproetus, Warburgella, Westropia, Eocyrtosymbole

Subtaxa: Falcatoproetus falcatus Proetus (Astroproetus) Proetus (Clypoproetus) Proetus (Crassiproetus) Proetus (Devonoproetus) Proetus (Gerastos) Proetus (Megaproetus) Proetus (Neoproetus) Proetus (Piriproetus) Proetus (Pribylia) Proetus (Proetus) Proetus (Tropidocoryphe) Proetus (Warburgaspis) Proetus alaricus Proetus astringens Proetus blandi Proetus canalis Proetus chambliensis Proetus clelandi Proetus concinnus Proetus conspersus Proetus desertus Proetus fardenensis Proetus foculus Proetus frechi Proetus kopaninensis Proetus kuressaarensis Proetus latifrons Proetus lecointrei Proetus lindoei Proetus manitobensis Proetus marginalis Proetus micropygus Proetus morinensis Proetus namanensis Proetus nemus Proetus nieszkowskii Proetus pluteus Proetus regalus Proetus romanicus Proetus scalicus Proetus signatus Proetus subcarintiacus Proetus subtriangularis Proetus vescus Proetus volcovcyanus Proetus zhusilengensis

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Type: Calymmene concinna

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (7: California, Iowa, Kentucky collections)

• Mississippian of United States (2: Alaska)

• Devonian of Algeria (1), Australia (8), Austria (1), Canada (11: Manitoba, Ontario), China (5), Colombia (1), France (3), Germany (3), Italy (1), Morocco (4), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (3), United States (8: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New York), Vietnam (4)

• Silurian to Devonian of Austria (1)

• Silurian of Australia (1), Austria (1), Canada (24: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (3), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (7), Greenland (2), Ireland (1), Latvia (1), Norway (2), Paraguay (1), Poland (6), Sweden (17), Ukraine (23), the United Kingdom (18), United States (15: Alaska, California, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, New York, Oklahoma)

• Ordovician of Canada (7: Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (1), Lithuania (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (6), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio)

Total: 215 collections including 230 occurrences

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