Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: H. K. Erben. 1952. Trilobiten aus dem Älteren Hercyn (Unterdevon) des Unterharzes. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 94(2/3):150-362
Parent taxon: Proetus according to H. K. Erben 1952
See also Alberti 1969, Alberti 2000, Bault et al. 2021, Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Proetus (Astroproetus), Proetus (Clypoproetus), Proetus (Crassiproetus), Proetus (Devonoproetus), Proetus (Gerastos), Proetus (Megaproetus), Proetus (Neoproetus), Proetus (Pribylia), Proetus (Proetus), Proetus (Tropidocoryphe), Proetus (Warburgaspis), Proetus alaricus, Proetus astringens, Proetus blandi, Proetus canalis, Proetus chambliensis, Proetus clelandi, Proetus concinnus, Proetus conspersus, Proetus desertus, Proetus fardenensis, Proetus foculus, Proetus frechi, Proetus kopaninensis, Proetus kuressaarensis, Proetus latifrons, Proetus lecointrei, Proetus lindoei, Proetus manitobensis, Proetus marginalis, Proetus micropygus, Proetus morinensis, Proetus namanensis, Proetus nemus, Proetus nieszkowskii, Proetus pluteus, Proetus regalus, Proetus romanicus, Proetus scalicus, Proetus signatus, Proetus subcarintiacus, Proetus subtriangularis, Proetus vescus, Proetus volcovcyanus, Proetus zhusilengensis, Falcatoproetus falcatus
Subtaxa: none
Type: Proetus (Piriproetus) pirus
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Proetus (Piriproetus) in the database