Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Alternative combination: Proetus ardmillanensis
Belongs to Proetidella according to M. Romano and A. W. Owen 1993
Sister taxa: Decoroproetus (Decoroproetus), Decoroproetus asellus, Decoroproetus bodae, Decoroproetus brevifrons, Decoroproetus concentricus, Decoroproetus corycoeus, Decoroproetus decorus, Decoroproetus evexus, Decoroproetus farragatus, Decoroproetus fearnsidesi, Decoroproetus furubergensis, Decoroproetus gyratus, Decoroproetus jamesoni, Decoroproetus papyraceus, Decoroproetus planulatus, Decoroproetus reussi, Decoroproetus scrobiculatus, Decoroproetus solenotus, Decoroproetus subornatus
Type specimen: Hunt. Mus. A 3692, a cephalon/head (Cast of a small cranidium preserved in a coarse matrix).
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at 500 yards south-south-east of Glendrissaig Farm (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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