Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Synonym: Oehlertia Pillet 1972 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Proetinae according to V. Bault et al. 2021
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Benesovella, Bohemiproetus, Coniproetus, Cyphoproetus, Deinoproetus, Devonoproetus, Dohmiella, Ejinoproetus, Eosoproetus, Ganinella, Gerastos, Gomiites, Helmutia, Kegeliella, Khalfinella, Kolymoproetus, Lacunoporaspis, Longiproetus, Luojiashania, Mezzaluna, Myoproetus, Orbitoproetus, Perliproetus, Podoliproetus, Praedechenella, Pragoproetus, Proetina, Proetus, Pseudodechenella, Pseudogerastos, Pudoproetus, Pulcherproetus, Rhenocynproetus, Schizoproetina, Simaproetus, Unguliproetus, Warburgella, Westropia, Eocyrtosymbole
Subtaxa: none
Type: Proetus rondeaui
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Marl at Ain Targa, SW Foucauld, Western Morocco (Devonian of Morocco)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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