Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative combination: Cornuproetus (Proetopeltis) diourii
Full reference: G. K. B. Alberti. 1970. Trilobiten des juengeren Siluriums sowie des Unter- und Mitteldevons. II. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 525:1-233
Belongs to Ignoproetus according to V. Bault et al. 2021
See also Alberti 1970
Sister taxa: Ignoproetus achbar, Ignoproetus caprona, Ignoproetus fortoxin, Ignoproetus ignotus, Ignoproetus waldschmidti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Emsian/Eifelian Boundary Beds, RT IIIa/2-3 & RT VIII/7, Rabat-Tiflet Area, which is in a Zlichovian/Eifelian marine limestone/shale in the Rahal Shale Formation of Morocco
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Emsian/Eifelian Boundary Beds, RT IIIa/2-3 & RT VIII/7, Rabat-Tiflet Area
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