Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
1915 Proetus gracilis Barrande; Hede, p. 45, pl. 4, figs. 22-24.
1965 Decoroproetus sp.; Rickards, p. 548.
1967 Decoroproetus; Rickards, p. 230.
Full reference: R. M. Owens. 1973. British Orodvician and Silurian Proetidae (Trilobita). Palaeontographical Society Monograph 127(535):1-98
Belongs to Decoroproetus according to R. M. Owens 1973
Sister taxa: Decoroproetus (Decoroproetus), Decoroproetus asellus, Decoroproetus bodae, Decoroproetus brevifrons, Decoroproetus concentricus, Decoroproetus corycoeus, Decoroproetus decorus, Decoroproetus evexus, Decoroproetus farragatus, Decoroproetus fearnsidesi, Decoroproetus furubergensis, Decoroproetus gyratus, Decoroproetus jamesoni, Decoroproetus papyraceus, Decoroproetus planulatus, Decoroproetus reussi, Decoroproetus solenotus, Decoroproetus subornatus, Proetidella ardmillanensis
Type specimen: NMW 71.6G.512a, a cephalon/head
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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