Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative combination: Forbesia latifrons
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1846. A synopsis of the characters of the Silurian fossils of Ireland: collected from several districts by Richard Griffith 1-72
Belongs to Proetus according to B. S. Lieberman 1994
See also M'Coy 1846 and Owens 1973
Sister taxa: Proetus (Astroproetus), Proetus (Clypoproetus), Proetus (Crassiproetus), Proetus (Devonoproetus), Proetus (Gerastos), 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 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
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Ireland (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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