Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: R. Feist and M. S. Petersen. 1995. Origin and spread of Pudoproetus, a survivor of the Late Devonian trilobite crisis. Journal of Paleontology 69(1):99-109
Belongs to Pudoproetus according to R. Feist and M. S. Petersen 1995
Sister taxa: Proetus (Pudoproetus) hahni, Pudoproetus (Belgiproetus), Pudoproetus abnormis, Pudoproetus brevis, Pudoproetus cambrertus, Pudoproetus chappelensis, Pudoproetus expansus, Pudoproetus fernglenensis, Pudoproetus guangxiensis, Pudoproetus mediterraneus, Pudoproetus missouriensis, Pudoproetus xiakouensis
Type specimen: BYU 5058, a cephalon/head. Its type locality is Section F. 60 meters below base of Joanna Limestone, Confusion Range, which is in a Famennian marine shale in the Pilot Shale Formation of Utah.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Section F. 60 meters below base of Joanna Limestone, Confusion Range
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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