Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Parent taxon: Proetidae according to V. Bault et al. 2021
See also Flick 1999 and Owens and Hammann 1990
Sister taxa: Aayemenaytcheia, Astycoryphinae, Ceratoproetus, Chlupaculinae, Chuanoproetus, Conophillipsiinae, Cornuproetinae, Crassiproetinae, Dechenellinae, Diacoryphinae, Drevermanniinae, Hypaproetus, Lauchellum, Menorcaspidinae, Merebolina, Mirabolinae, Oidalaproetus, Ormistonia, Panibole, Paryfenus, Perliproetinae, Phaseolops, Phyllaspis, Plesiowensus, Prodiacoryphe, Proetidellinae, Proetinae, Schaderthalaspis, Silesiops, Sinobole, Warburgellinae, Xenocybe, Yanshanaspis, Yichangaspis
Subtaxa: Aulacopleurina Bailielloides Eodrevermannia Erbenaspis Moravocoryphe
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
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