Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: J. Yuan and L.-W. Xiang. 1998. Trilobite fauna at the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary in South China (S-Guizhou and N-Guangxi). 8:1-281
Belongs to Pudoproetus according to J. Yuan and L.-W. Xiang 1998
Sister taxa: Proetus (Pudoproetus) hahni, Pudoproetus brevis, Pudoproetus cambrertus, Pudoproetus chappelensis, Pudoproetus expansus, Pudoproetus fernglenensis, Pudoproetus guangxiensis, Pudoproetus mediterraneus, Pudoproetus missouriensis, Pudoproetus priscus, Pudoproetus xiakouensis, Zhifangia damghanensis
Type specimen: GPIN 96566, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of China (1 collection)
• Devonian of China (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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