Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative spelling: Cornuproetus (Lepidoproetus)
Parent taxon: Cornuproetinae according to V. Bault et al. 2021
See also Alberti 1967, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Buchiproetus, Cornuproetus, Cyrtosymboloides, Dalejeproetus, Diademaproetus, Eopiriproetus, Hollandiella, Ignoproetus, Interproetus, Koneprusites, Linguaproetus, Montanproetus, Ogmocnemis, Paralepidoproetus, Parapalpebralia, Paraproetus, Parvigena, Piriproetus, Proetopeltis, Quadratoproetus, Sculptoproetus, Timsaloproetus, Vicinoproetus, Voigtaspis, Wolayella
Subtaxa: Cornuproetus (Lepidoproetus) diademifer Lepidoproetus (Lepidoproetus) Lepidoproetus (Spinoproetus) Lepidoproetus arenicolus Lepidoproetus lahceni Lepidoproetus lepidus Lepidoproetus lorae Lepidoproetus maharchianus Lepidoproetus praematurus Lepidoproetus solutus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Quebec collection), the Czech Republic (17), France (2), Morocco (12)
Total: 32 collections including 54 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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