Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative spelling: Proetus (Pudoproetus)
Synonyms: Megaproetus Jell 1977, Zhifangia Zhang 1983
Parent taxon: Proetinae according to T. A. Vanderlaan and M. C. Ebach 2015
See also Brauckmann et al. 1993, Brezinski 1998, Chamberlain 1977, Hahn et al. 2013, Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Zhou et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Benesovella, Bohemiproetus, Coniproetus, Cyphoproetus, Deinoproetus, Devonoproetus, Dohmiella, Ejinoproetus, Eosoproetus, Ganinella, Gerastos, Gomiites, Helmutia, Kegeliella, Khalfinella, Kolymoproetus, Lacunoporaspis, Longiproetus, Luojiashania, Mezzaluna, Myoproetus, Oehlertaspis, Orbitoproetus, Perliproetus, Podoliproetus, Praedechenella, Pragoproetus, Proetina, Proetus, Pseudodechenella, Pseudogerastos, Pulcherproetus, Rhenocynproetus, Schizoproetina, Simaproetus, Unguliproetus, Warburgella, Westropia, Eocyrtosymbole
Subtaxa: Proetus (Pudoproetus) hahni Pudoproetus abnormis Pudoproetus brevis Pudoproetus cambrertus Pudoproetus chappelensis Pudoproetus expansus Pudoproetus fernglenensis Pudoproetus guangxiensis Pudoproetus mediterraneus Pudoproetus missouriensis Pudoproetus priscus Pudoproetus xiakouensis Zhifangia damghanensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Australia (1 collection), Belgium (3), Canada (1: Nunavut), China (5), France (1), Iran (1), Japan (1), United States (15: California, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Devonian of China (2), United States (11: Missouri, Utah)
Total: 41 collections including 56 occurrences
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