Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: B. S. Lieberman. 1994. Evolution of the trilobite subfamily Proetinae Salter, 1864, and the origin, diversification, evolutionary affinity, and extinction of the Middle Devonian proetid fauna of eastern North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 223:1-176
Parent taxon: Proetidae according to B. S. Lieberman 1994
Sister taxa: Astycoryphinae, Ceratoproetus, Chuanoproetus, Cornuproetinae, Crassiproetinae, Dechenellinae, Drevermanniinae, Eodrevermanniinae, Hypaproetus, Lauchellum, Merebolina, Mirabolinae, Oidalaproetus, Ormistonia, Panibole, Paryfenus, Perliproetinae, Phaseolops, Phyllaspis, Plesiowensus, Prodiacoryphe, Proetidellinae, Proetinae, Schaderthalaspis, Silesiops, Sinobole, Triproetus, Warburgellinae, Xenocybe, Yanshanaspis, Yichangaspis
Subtaxa: Aayemenaytcheia paragranulata
Type: Dechenella paragranulata
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (8: Nunavut collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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