Lepidoproetus arenicolus van Viersen and Lerouge 2020 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Full reference: A. P. van Viersen and F. Lerouge. 2020. Cornuproetine (proetide) trilobites with nine thorax segments from the Devonian of Morocco, Germany and the Czech Republic. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 94:227-254

Belongs to Lepidoproetus according to A. P. van Viersen and F. Lerouge 2020

Sister taxa: Cornuproetus (Lepidoproetus) diademifer, Lepidoproetus (Lepidoproetus), Lepidoproetus (Spinoproetus), Lepidoproetus lahceni, Lepidoproetus lepidus, Lepidoproetus lorae, Lepidoproetus maharchianus, Lepidoproetus praematurus, Lepidoproetus solutus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Oum Jerane locality, which is in a Pragian carbonate horizon in Morocco

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Oum Jerane locality

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