Ganinella tenuiceps Kobayashi and Hamada 1987 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Alternative combination: Proetus (Coniproetus) tenuiceps

Synonym: Proetus (Coniproetus) subconicus Kobayashi and Hamada 1987

Belongs to Ganinella according to C. P. Stocker et al. 2019

See also Kobayashi and Hamada 1987

Sister taxa: Ganinella auspicata, Ganinella batchatensis

Type specimens:

  • Ganinella tenuiceps: PA18098, a cephalon/head (Cranidium)
  • Proetus (Coniproetus) subconicus:

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Hitoegane, Kamitakaramura, Yoshiki-gun (Silurian of Japan)

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