Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: R. M. Owens. 1973. Ordovician Proetidae (Trilobita) from Scandinavia. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 53:117-181
Parent taxon: Cornuproetinae according to R. M. Owens 2004
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Buchiproetus, Cornuproetus, Cyrtosymboloides, Dalejeproetus, Diademaproetus, Eopiriproetus, Hollandiella, Ignoproetus, Interproetus, Koneprusites, Lepidoproetus, Linguaproetus, Montanproetus, Ogmocnemis, Paralepidoproetus, Parapalpebralia, Paraproetus, Piriproetus, Proetopeltis, Quadratoproetus, Sculptoproetus, Timsaloproetus, Vicinoproetus, Voigtaspis, Wolayella
Subtaxa: Parvigena parvigena Parvigena putealis
Type: Proetus parvigena
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Denmark (1 collection), Sweden (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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