Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Parent taxon: Proetidae according to V. Bault et al. 2021
See also Gibb and Chatterton 2007, Johnson and Fortey 2012 and Owens 2004
Sister taxa: Aayemenaytcheia, Astycoryphinae, Ceratoproetus, Chuanoproetus, 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: Buchiproetus Cornuproetus Cyrtosymboloides Dalejeproetus Diademaproetus Eopiriproetus Hollandiella Ignoproetus Interproetus Koneprusites Lepidoproetus Linguaproetus Montanproetus Ogmocnemis Paralepidoproetus Parapalpebralia Paraproetus Parvigena Piriproetus Proetopeltis Quadratoproetus Sculptoproetus Timsaloproetus Vicinoproetus Voigtaspis Wolayella
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Givetian of Germany (1 collection)
• Devonian of Algeria (2), Australia (5), Austria (2), Belgium (6), Canada (1: Quebec), the Czech Republic (50), France (3), Germany (16), Italy (4), Morocco (73), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), Uzbekistan (3)
• Silurian of Algeria (1), Australia (1), Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), the Czech Republic (18), Japan (1), Morocco (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Arkansas), Uzbekistan (2)
• Ordovician of Denmark (1), Norway (1), Poland (3), Sweden (9), the United Kingdom (10), United States (4: Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee)
Total: 231 collections including 423 occurrences