Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Full reference: R. M. Owens. 1973. Ordovician Proetidae (Trilobita) from Scandinavia. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 53:117-181
Parent taxon: Tropidocoryphidae according to G. D. Edgecombe et al. 1997
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Owen 1981 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ascetopeltis, Bojocoryphe, Centriproetus, Constantina, Dalarnepeltis, Dipharangus, Erbenicoryphe, Eremiproetinae, Galbertianus, Lodenicia, Miriproetus, Perakaspis, Platyantyx, Pribylia, Pteropariinae, Rabuloproetus, Ranunculoproetus, Richteraspis, Rokycanocoryphe, Tropicoryphe, Tropidocoryphinae
Subtaxa: Stenoblepharum astinil Stenoblepharum kullsbergense Stenoblepharum norvegicum Stenoblepharum pentagonoides Stenoblepharum strasburgense Stenoblepharum striatum Stenoblepharum warburgae
Type: Paraproetus warburgae
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (8 collections), Canada (1: Quebec), China (2), Norway (2), Sweden (13), United States (2: Virginia)
Total: 28 collections including 39 occurrences
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