Buchiproetus mauretanicus Alberti 1967 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Alternative combination: Cornuproetus (Cornuproetus) mauretanicus

Full reference: G. K. B. Alberti. 1967. Neue obersilurische sowie unter- und mitteldevonische Trilobiten aus Marokko, Deutschland und einigen anderen europaeischen Gebieten. 1. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 48(5):463-479

Belongs to Buchiproetus according to V. Bault et al. 2021

See also Alberti 1967

Sister taxa: Buchiproetus calypso, Buchiproetus complanatus, Buchiproetus hercules, Buchiproetus holynensis, Buchiproetus postcomplanatus, Buchiproetus pribyli

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Lower Hamar Laghdad Limestone, Hamar Laghdad (I,II,III,IV,V), SE Morocco (Devonian of Morocco)

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