Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Alternative combinations: Astroproetus fearnsidesi, Proetidella fearnsidesi
Belongs to Decoroproetus according to R. M. Owens 1973
See also Whittington 1968
Sister taxa: Decoroproetus (Decoroproetus), Decoroproetus asellus, Decoroproetus bodae, Decoroproetus brevifrons, Decoroproetus concentricus, Decoroproetus corycoeus, Decoroproetus decorus, Decoroproetus evexus, Decoroproetus farragatus, Decoroproetus furubergensis, Decoroproetus gyratus, Decoroproetus jamesoni, Decoroproetus papyraceus, Decoroproetus planulatus, Decoroproetus reussi, Decoroproetus scrobiculatus, Decoroproetus solenotus, Decoroproetus subornatus, Proetidella ardmillanensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Gelli-grîn Calcareous Ash trilobites, middle beds (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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