Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative spelling: Cornuproetus (Proetopeltis)
Parent taxon: Cornuproetinae according to V. Bault et al. 2021
See also Alberti 1970, Basse and Lemke 1996, 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, Parvigena, Piriproetus, Quadratoproetus, Sculptoproetus, Timsaloproetus, Vicinoproetus, Voigtaspis, Wolayella
Subtaxa: Proetopeltis (Proetopeltis) Proetopeltis brevirhachis Proetopeltis elegantulus Proetopeltis merkur
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (9 collections), Germany (1), Morocco (4)
Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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