Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: G. Lindström. 1885. Förteckning på Gotlands Siluriska Crustacéer. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 6:37-100
Belongs to Proetus according to Kozlowski 2003
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 subcarintiacus, Proetus subtriangularis, Proetus vescus, Proetus volcovcyanus, Proetus zhusilengensis, Falcatoproetus falcatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bursvik (B) (=Burgsvik), quarries along coast, which is in a Ludfordian marine sandstone/limestone in the Burgsvik Beds Formation of Sweden
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Latvia (1 collection), Poland (5), Sweden (4), Ukraine (8)
Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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