Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative combination: Proetus falcatus
Full reference: R. M. Owens. 1973. British Orodvician and Silurian Proetidae (Trilobita). Palaeontographical Society Monograph 127(535):1-98
Belongs to Falcatoproetus according to B. S. Lieberman 1994
See also 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 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
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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