Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: B. D. Chatterton, R. A. Fortey, K. D. Brett, S. L. Gibb, and R. C. McKellar. 2006. Trilobites from the upper Lower to Middle Devonian Timrhanrhart Formation, Jbel Gara el Zguilma, southern Morocco. Palaeontolographica Canadiana (25)1-177
Belongs to Diademaproetus according to B. D. Chatterton et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Cornuproetus (Diademaproetus) rhenanus, Diademaproetus ajax, Diademaproetus holzapfeli, Diademaproetus menzeni, Diademaproetus praecursor
Type specimen: UA 13383, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Zguilma section, Timrhanrhart Fm, Upper Bed - ZGEE3 , which is in an Eifelian coastal shale/limestone in the Timrhanrhart Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Zguilma section, Timrhanrhart Fm, Upper Bed - ZGEE3
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