Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative spelling: Gerastes
Parent taxon: Proetinae according to V. Bault et al. 2021
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, Eocyrtosymbole
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of Germany (2 collections)
• Devonian of Belgium (10), Czechia (19), France (1), Germany (24), Morocco (22)
• Silurian of Canada (13: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Greenland (1), Sweden (2), Ukraine (4)
Total: 98 collections including 128 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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