Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative combination: Gerastos dhondtae
Full reference: B. Magrean. 2007. A revision of Devonian trilobites from Belgium - Part 2. The genera Gerastos and Cornuproetus. Bulletin de I’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 77:31-40
Belongs to Gerastos according to B. Magrean 2007
See also Taghon et al. 2012
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 discombobulatus, Gerastos eifliensis, Gerastos emmetus, Gerastos fosterae, 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: 1RSNB al2220. Its type locality is Ardennes Locality 004. Route de Petigny at Couvin, which is in an Eifelian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Jemelle Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Belgium (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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