Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative combinations: Proetus (Gerastos) cuvieri, Proetus cuvieri
Full reference: J. Steininger. 1831. Observations sur les fossiles du calcaire intermediaire de L'Eifel. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France 1(15):331-371
Belongs to Gerastos according to A. P. van Viersen 2021
See also Basse 1996, Bault et al. 2021, Lieberman 1994, Magrean 2007, Owens 1973, Steininger 1831 and Whittington and Campbell 1967
Sister taxa: Gerastos (Erbenites), Gerastos (Gerastos), Gerastos (Oehlertaspis), Gerastos ainrasifus, Gerastos aintawilus, Gerastos arcus, Gerastos batrachus, Gerastos confragosus, Gerastos cornix, Gerastos couvinensis, Gerastos dhondti, Gerastos discombobulatus, Gerastos eifliensis, Gerastos emmetus, Gerastos fosterae, Gerastos fragosus, Gerastos galei, Gerastos granulatus, Gerastos granulosus, Gerastos hammii, Gerastos izius, Gerastos kermur, Gerastos kippingi, Gerastos lessensis, Gerastos lisanrasus, Gerastos lisyi, Gerastos luedenscheidensis, Gerastos malisjildus, Gerastos meiopsifius, Gerastos mellishae, Gerastos monksi, Gerastos prox, Gerastos raribus, Gerastos retroflexus, Gerastos rommersheimensis, Gerastos simus, Gerastos snellingsi, Gerastos suborbitatus, Gerastos taqus, Gerastos tuberculatus, Gerastos verrucosus
Subtaxa: Gerastos cuvieri cuvieri
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of France (1 collection), Germany (7)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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