Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative spellings: Gerastos (Longiproetus), Proetus (Longiproetus)
Parent taxon: Proetinae according to R. Feist and M. S. Petersen 1995
See also Chlupac 1992, Jell and Adrain 2002, Ormiston 1967 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Benesovella, Bohemiproetus, Coniproetus, Cyphoproetus, Deinoproetus, Devonoproetus, Dohmiella, Ejinoproetus, Eosoproetus, Ganinella, Gerastos, Gomiites, Helmutia, Kegeliella, Khalfinella, Kolymoproetus, Lacunoporaspis, Luojiashania, Mezzaluna, Myoproetus, Oehlertaspis, Orbitoproetus, Perliproetus, Podoliproetus, Praedechenella, Pragoproetus, Proetina, Proetus, Pseudodechenella, Pseudogerastos, Pudoproetus, Pulcherproetus, Rhenocynproetus, Schizoproetina, Simaproetus, Unguliproetus, Warburgella, Westropia, Eocyrtosymbole
Subtaxa: Gerastos (Longiproetus) novaki Longiproetus confusus Longiproetus glandiferus Longiproetus tenuimargo
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Belgium (1 collection), the Czech Republic (9), France (3), Germany (1), Morocco (1)
Total: 15 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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