Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Alternative spelling: Gerastes

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

See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Kobayashi and Hamada 1974, Magrean 2007, Owens 1973, Sepkoski 2002 and Van Viersen et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Benesovella, Bohemiproetus, Coniproetus, Cyphoproetus, Deinoproetus, Devonoproetus, Dohmiella, Ejinoproetus, Eosoproetus, Ganinella, 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, Zhifangiafangia, Eocyrtosymbole

Subtaxa: Gerastos (Erbenites) Gerastos (Gerastos) Gerastos (Oehlertaspis) Gerastos ainrasifus Gerastos aintawilus Gerastos arcus Gerastos batrachus Gerastos confragosus Gerastos cornix Gerastos couvinensis Gerastos cuvieri Gerastos dhondti Gerastos discombobulatus Gerastos eifliensis Gerastos emmetus Gerastos fosterae Gerastos fragosus Gerastos galei Gerastos granulatus Gerastos granulosus Gerastos hammii Gerastos izius Gerastos kermur Gerastos kippingi Gerastos lessensis Gerastos lisanrasus Gerastos lisyi Gerastos luedenscheidensis Gerastos malisjildus Gerastos meiopsifius Gerastos mellishae Gerastos monksi Gerastos prox Gerastos raribus Gerastos retroflexus Gerastos rommersheimensis Gerastos simus Gerastos snellingsi Gerastos suborbitatus Gerastos taqus Gerastos tuberculatus Gerastos verrucosus

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

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