Pudoproetus xiakouensis Yuan and Xiang 1998 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Full reference: J. Yuan and L.-W. Xiang. 1998. Trilobite fauna at the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary in South China (S-Guizhou and N-Guangxi). 8:1-281

Belongs to Pudoproetus according to T. A. Vanderlaan and M. C. Ebach 2015

See also Yuan and Xiang 1998

Sister taxa: Proetus (Pudoproetus) hahni, Pudoproetus abnormis, Pudoproetus brevis, Pudoproetus cambrertus, Pudoproetus chappelensis, Pudoproetus expansus, Pudoproetus fernglenensis, Pudoproetus guangxiensis, Pudoproetus mediterraneus, Pudoproetus missouriensis, Pudoproetus priscus, Zhifangia damghanensis

Type specimen: GPIN 96552

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at CH09. Section D (Carboniferous of China)

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