Pragoproetus gibbosus Alberti 1969 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Alternative combination: Unguliproetus gibbosus

Full reference: G. K. B. Alberti. 1969. Trilobiten des juengeren Siluriums sowie des Unter- und Mitteldevons. I. Mit Beitraegen zur Silur-Devon-Stratigraphie einiger Gebiete Marokkos und Oberfrankens. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 520:1-692

Belongs to Pragoproetus according to V. Bault et al. 2021

See also Alberti 1969 and Ć najdr 1977

Sister taxa: Pragoproetus globosus, Pragoproetus medius, Pragoproetus menaniensis, Pragoproetus ovifrons, Pragoproetus pragensis, Pragoproetus rarissimus, Pragoproetus tafilaltensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ain ed Dick Limestone, RT V, Rabat-Tiflet Area, Morocco, which is in a Pragian marine limestone/limestone in the Ain ed Dick Limestone Formation of Morocco

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Ain ed Dick Limestone, RT V, Rabat-Tiflet Area, Morocco

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