Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Parent taxon: Proetidae according to V. Bault et al. 2022
See also Basse and Lemke 2020, Feist and McNamara 2013 and Gandl et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Aayemenaytcheia, Astycoryphinae, Ceratoproetus, Chuanoproetus, Cornuproetinae, Crassiproetinae, Dechenellinae, 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: Bapingaspis Brachymetaspis Canningbole Daihuaia Drevermannia Eopalpebralia Formonia Frithjofia Menorcaspis Palpebralia Palpebralina Parafrithjofia Pontipalpebralia Prionopeltis Prodrevermannia Rudybole
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Austria (1 collection), Germany (1), Poland (1), Spain (6)
• Devonian of Algeria (3), Australia (16), Canada (2: Nunavut), China (1), Czechia (5), France (5), Germany (14), Morocco (6), United States (2: Alaska, Pennsylvania)
• Silurian of Algeria (1), Czechia (28)
• Ordovician of Sweden (1)
Total: 93 collections including 145 occurrences