Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative combinations: Phaethonides bellus, Warburgella bella
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and C.H. Kindle. 1936. New brachiopods and trilobites from the Ordovician of Perce, Quebec. Journal of Paleontology 10(5):348-372
Belongs to Cyphoproetus according to P. J. Lespérance and J. A. W. Weissenberger 1998
See also Cooper and Kindle 1936 and Lespérance 1968
Sister taxa: Cyphoproetus comitilus, Cyphoproetus depressa, Cyphoproetus facetus, Cyphoproetus pugionis, Cyphoproetus semidepressus, Cyphoproetus svartoensis
Type specimen: USNM 91790., a cephalon/head (craniidum)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Quebec collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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