Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: T. S. Karim. 2009. Late Ordovician trilobites from northwest Iran and their biogeographical affinities. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 99:101-124
Parent taxon: Proetinae according to P. Budil et al. 2010
See also Karim 2009
Sister taxa: Benesovella, Bohemiproetus, Coniproetus, Cyphoproetus, Deinoproetus, Devonoproetus, Dohmiella, Ejinoproetus, Eosoproetus, Ganinella, Gerastos, Gomiites, Helmutia, Kegeliella, Khalfinella, Kolymoproetus, Lacunoporaspis, Longiproetus, Luojiashania, Myoproetus, Oehlertaspis, Orbitoproetus, Perliproetus, Podoliproetus, Praedechenella, Pragoproetus, Proetina, Proetus, Pseudodechenella, Pseudogerastos, Pudoproetus, Pulcherproetus, Rhenocynproetus, Schizoproetina, Simaproetus, Unguliproetus, Warburgella, Westropia, Eocyrtosymbole
Subtaxa: Mezzaluna incredibilis Mezzaluna tatavrudensis Mezzaluna xeelee
Type: Mezzaluna tatavrudensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Czechia (1 collection), Iran (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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