Artiopoda - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae
Alternative combination: Proetus (Gerastos) subcarinatus
Full reference: T. Kobayashi and T. Hamada. 1974. Silurian trilobites of Japan in comparison with Asian, Pacific and other faunas. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 18:1-155
Belongs to Eremiproetus according to C. P. Stocker et al. 2019
See also Kobayashi and Hamada 1974
Sister taxa: Eremiproetus agellus, Eremiproetus berberus, Eremiproetus cacuminatus, Eremiproetus crassirhachis, Eremiproetus dufresnoyi, Eremiproetus eremita, Eremiproetus erfoudanus, Eremiproetus ferentarius, Eremiproetus helmuti, Eremiproetus magnicerviculus, Eremiproetus maurulus, Eremiproetus meridianomaurus, Eremiproetus munitus, Eremiproetus natator, Eremiproetus notabilis, Eremiproetus papilio, Eremiproetus subplanatus, Eremiproetus tafilaltanus, Eremiproetus tozeri
Type specimen: PAt 7373, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Loc. 3. Ys 15. Gomi Quarry (Silurian of Japan)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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