Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative spelling: Proetus (Unguliproetus)
Parent taxon: Proetinae according to V. Bault et al. 2021
See also Basse and Lemke 2020, Jell and Adrain 2002, Lieberman 1994, Rustán et al. 2011 and Sepkoski 2002
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, Pudoproetus, Pulcherproetus, Rhenocynproetus, Schizoproetina, Simaproetus, Warburgella, Westropia, Eocyrtosymbole
Subtaxa: Unguliproetus chungula Unguliproetus menaniensis Unguliproetus unguloides
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (4 collections), Germany (1), Morocco (5)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Quebec), the Russian Federation (4), Tajikistan (1)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
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