Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative spelling: Monodechella
Synonym: Conophillipsia Roberts 1963
Full reference: E. C. Stumm. 1953. Trilobites of the Devonian Traverse Group of Michigan. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, the University of Michigan 10(6):101-157
Parent taxon: Crassiproetinae according to T. A. Vanderlaan and M. C. Ebach 2015
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astroproetus, Boliviproetus, Crassiproetus, Dechenellurus, Elimaproetus, Hedstroemia, Mannopyge, Raerinproetus, Thebanaspis, Winiskia
Subtaxa: none
Type: Proetus macrocephalus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Australia (16 collections)
• Devonian of Canada (3: Ontario), United States (13: Indiana, New York)
Total: 32 collections including 34 occurrences
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