Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative spelling: Cornuproetus (Sculptoproetus)
Synonyms: Cornuproetus (Macroblepharum) Alberti 1964, Macroblepharum Alberti 1964
Parent taxon: Cornuproetinae according to V. Bault et al. 2021
See also Alberti 1967, Chatterton et al. 2006, Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and van Viersen and Lerouge 2020
Sister taxa: Buchiproetus, Cornuproetus, Cyrtosymboloides, Dalejeproetus, Diademaproetus, Eopiriproetus, Hollandiella, Ignoproetus, Interproetus, Koneprusites, Lepidoproetus, Linguaproetus, Montanproetus, Ogmocnemis, Paralepidoproetus, Parapalpebralia, Paraproetus, Parvigena, Piriproetus, Proetopeltis, Quadratoproetus, Timsaloproetus, Vicinoproetus, Voigtaspis, Wolayella
Subtaxa: Cornuproetus (Sculptoproetus) haasi Macroblepharum loyzi Macroblepharum midas Macroblepharum pemicam Macroblepharum perstes Macroblepharum staminops Macroblepharum tumidum Macroblepharum vortex Sculptoproetus africanus Sculptoproetus germanicus Sculptoproetus hostimensis Sculptoproetus hunsrueckianus Sculptoproetus maghrebus Sculptoproetus raki Sculptoproetus sculptus Sculptoproetus tepes
Type: Proetus sculptus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (16 collections), Germany (3), Morocco (18), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 38 collections including 60 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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