Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Synonym: Lophiokephalion Kobayashi 1988
Parent taxon: Proetinae according to C. P. Stocker et al. 2019
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Zhou et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Benesovella, Bohemiproetus, Coniproetus, Cyphoproetus, Deinoproetus, Devonoproetus, Dohmiella, Ejinoproetus, Eosoproetus, 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: Ganinella auspicata Ganinella batchatensis Ganinella tenuiceps
Type: Dechenella batchatensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of China (2 collections)
• Silurian of Japan (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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