Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Parent taxon: Proetinae according to V. Bault et al. 2021
See also Feist and Petersen 1995, Flick 1998, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Benesovella, Bohemiproetus, Coniproetus, Cyphoproetus, Deinoproetus, Devonoproetus, Dohmiella, Ejinoproetus, Eosoproetus, Ganinella, Gerastos, Gomiites, Helmutia, Kegeliella, Khalfinella, Kolymoproetus, Lacunoporaspis, Longiproetus, Luojiashania, Mezzaluna, Myoproetus, Oehlertaspis, Perliproetus, Podoliproetus, Praedechenella, Pragoproetus, Proetina, Proetus, Pseudodechenella, Pseudogerastos, Pudoproetus, Pulcherproetus, Rhenocynproetus, Schizoproetina, Simaproetus, Unguliproetus, Warburgella, Westropia, Eocyrtosymbole
Subtaxa: Orbitoproetus africanus Orbitoproetus angelini Orbitoproetus chynicensis Orbitoproetus crassimargo Orbitoproetus fornicatus Orbitoproetus hawlei Orbitoproetus koeneni Orbitoproetus lecointrei Orbitoproetus orbitatus Orbitoproetus ovalis
Type: Proetus orbitatus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of Germany (1 collection)
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (7), Germany (2), Morocco (5)
Total: 15 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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