Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: A. P. Van Viersen and H. Prescher. 2010. Taxonomy and biostratigraphy of some proetid trilobites in the Middle Devonian of the Ardennes and Eifel (Rhenohercynian Zone). Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 80:5-45
Belongs to Gerastos according to A. P. Van Viersen and H. Prescher 2010
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 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 suborbitatus, Gerastos taqus, Gerastos tuberculatus, Gerastos verrucosus
Type specimen: NHMM 2009069
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Wellin, Ardennes (Devonian of Belgium)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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