Proetides Walter 1924 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Brachymetopidae

Parent taxon: Brachymetopinae according to R. M. Owens and W. Hammann 1990

See also Laudon 1931 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Asiagena, Brachymetopus, Namuropyge, Oenonella, Radnoria, Tschernyschewiella, Tschernyshewiella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (5: Iowa, Missouri, New Mexico, Tennessee collections)

• Devonian of United States (1: Missouri)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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