Hunanoproetus Yang 1981 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Parent taxon: Linguaphillipsiinae according to G. Hahn et al. 1996

See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bitumulina, Dechenelloides, Gitarra, Palaeophillipsia, Schizophillipsia

Subtaxa: Hunanoproetus artaios Hunanoproetus robustus

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Type: Hunanoproetus robustus

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Avesnois, coupe de St. Hilaire (Carboniferous of France)

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