Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Invalid subtaxa: Phaeton Barrande 1846 [replaced name], Phaetonides Barrande 1847 [objective synonym], Proetus (Phaeton) Barrande 1846 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Drevermanniinae according to V. Bault et al. 2021
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Meek 1877 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bapingaspis, Brachymetaspis, Canningbole, Daihuaia, Drevermannia, Eopalpebralia, Formonia, Frithjofia, Menorcaspis, Palpebralia, Palpebralina, Parafrithjofia, Pontipalpebralia, Prodrevermannia, Rudybole
Subtaxa: Phaetonides striatus Prionopeltis archiaci Prionopeltis dracula Prionopeltis klonk Prionopeltis praecedens Prionopeltis prokopi Prionopeltis unica Proetus (Phaeton) denticulatus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (3 collections), United States (1: Pennsylvania)
• Silurian of Algeria (1), the Czech Republic (25)
• Ordovician of Sweden (1)
Total: 31 collections including 50 occurrences
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