†Gerastos cuvieri Steininger 1831 (trilobite)
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Trilobita - 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: none
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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