Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Parent taxon: Proetus according to Goldfuss 1843
See also Bault et al. 2021, Jell and Adrain 2002, Magrean 2007, Sepkoski 2002 and Van Viersen et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Proetus (Astroproetus), Proetus (Clypoproetus), Proetus (Crassiproetus), Proetus (Devonoproetus), Proetus (Megaproetus), Proetus (Neoproetus), Proetus (Piriproetus), Proetus (Pribylia), Proetus (Proetus), Proetus (Tropidocoryphe), Proetus (Warburgaspis), Proetus alaricus, Proetus astringens, Proetus blandi, Proetus canalis, Proetus chambliensis, Proetus clelandi, Proetus concinnus, Proetus conspersus, Proetus desertus, Proetus fardenensis, Proetus foculus, Proetus frechi, Proetus kopaninensis, Proetus kuressaarensis, Proetus latifrons, Proetus lecointrei, Proetus lindoei, Proetus manitobensis, Proetus marginalis, Proetus micropygus, Proetus morinensis, Proetus namanensis, Proetus nemus, Proetus nieszkowskii, Proetus pluteus, Proetus regalus, Proetus romanicus, Proetus scalicus, Proetus signatus, Proetus subcarintiacus, Proetus subtriangularis, Proetus vescus, Proetus volcovcyanus, Proetus zhusilengensis, Falcatoproetus falcatus
Subtaxa: Proetus (Gerastos) vietnamensis
Type: Proetus cuvieri
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence