Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: J. M. Adrain. 1997. Proetid trilobites from the Silurian (Wenlock-Ludlow) of the Cape Phillips Formation, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Palaeontographic Italica 84:21-111
Belongs to Gerastos according to J. M. Adrain 1997
Sister taxa: Gerastos (Erbenites), Gerastos (Gerastos), Gerastos (Oehlertaspis), Gerastos ainrasifus, Gerastos aintawilus, Gerastos arcus, Gerastos batrachus, Gerastos confragosus, Gerastos cornix, Gerastos couvinensis, Gerastos cuvieri, Gerastos dhondti, Gerastos discombobulatus, Gerastos eifliensis, Gerastos emmetus, Gerastos fragosus, Gerastos galei, Gerastos granulatus, Gerastos granulosus, Gerastos hammii, Gerastos izius, Gerastos kermur, Gerastos kippingi, Gerastos lessensis, Gerastos lisanrasus, Gerastos lisyi, Gerastos luedenscheidensis, Gerastos malisjildus, Gerastos meiopsifius, Gerastos mellishae, Gerastos monksi, Gerastos prox, Gerastos raribus, Gerastos retroflexus, Gerastos rommersheimensis, Gerastos simus, Gerastos snellingsi, Gerastos suborbitatus, Gerastos taqus, Gerastos tuberculatus, Gerastos verrucosus
Type specimen: ROM 52769, a cephalon/head
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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