Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative combination: Buchiproetus rudrichteri
Full reference: G. K. B. Alberti. 1967. Neue obersilurische sowie unter- und mitteldevonische Trilobiten aus Marokko, Deutschland und einigen anderen europaeischen Gebieten. 1. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 48(5):463-479
Belongs to Cornuproetus according to V. Bault et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Cornuproetus (Cornuproetus), Cornuproetus (Eopiriproetus), Cornuproetus (Tafilaltaspis), Cornuproetus (Vicinoproetus), Cornuproetus (Voigtaspis), Cornuproetus asperellus, Cornuproetus augur, Cornuproetus curtus, Cornuproetus kimi, Cornuproetus kyphora, Cornuproetus latentissimus, Cornuproetus pusulosus, Cornuproetus steinbergicus, Cornuproetus taciturnus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Hamar Laghdad, Erfoud, Fm. Kess-Kess, Emsian trilobites (Devonian of Morocco)
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