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Proetidae

Proetidae is a family of proetid trilobites. The first species appeared in the Upper Ordovician, and the last genera survived until the Middle Permian. However, if the closely related family Phillipsiidae is actually a subfamily of Proetidae, then the proetids of Proetidae survive until the end of the Permian, where the last perish during the Permian–Triassic extinction event.

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Length
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Proetidae
Temporal range:
Fossil of P. concinnus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Proetida
Superfamily: Proetoidea
Family: Proetidae
Salter, 1843
Genera
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Proetidae is a family of proetid trilobites. The first species appeared in the Upper Ordovician,1 and the last genera survived until the Middle Permian. However, if the closely related family Phillipsiidae is actually a subfamily of Proetidae, then the proetids of Proetidae survive until the end of the Permian, where the last perish during the Permian–Triassic extinction event.2

Genera

Proetidae ostensibly contains these following genera, though many may be placed in Phillipsiidae if the latter is, indeed, a distinct family.3

  • Aayemenaytcheia
  • Aceroproetus
  • Alaskalethe
  • Altajaspis
  • Anambon
  • Anglibole
  • Angustibole
  • Anujaspis
  • Appendicysta
  • Aprathia
  • Archaeocoryphe
  • Ascetopeltis
  • Astroproetus (syn=Xiushuiproetus, Zhejiangoproetus)
  • Australokaskia
  • Bailielloides
  • Bapingaspis
  • Basidechenella
  • Beleckella
  • Belgibole
  • Benesovella
  • Bitumulina
  • Blodgettia
  • Bohemiproetus
  • Bolivicrania
  • Boliviproetus
  • Bollandia
  • Bonnaspidella
  • Borelia
  • Brevibole
  • Burgesina
  • Calybole
  • Camsellia
  • Carbonoproetus
  • Carlopsia
  • Carniphillipsia
  • Ceratoproetus
  • Chauffouraspis
  • Chaunoproetoides
  • Chaunoproetus
  • Chiides
  • Chiops
  • Chlupacula
  • Chuanqianoproetus
  • Clavibole
  • Comptonaspis
  • Coniproetus
  • Conophillipsia
  • Constantina
  • Coombewoodia
  • Craspedops
  • Crassibole
  • Crassiproetus
  • Cyphinioides
  • Cyphoproetus
  • Cyrtodechenella
  • Cyrtoproetus
  • Cyrtosymbole
  • Cystispina
  • Daihuaia
  • Dayinaspis
  • Dechenella
  • Dechenelloides
  • Dechenellurus
  • Deinoproetus
  • Deltadechenella
  • Diabole
  • Diacoryphe
  • Drevermannia
  • Dudu
  • Dushania
  • Effops
  • Ejinoproetus
  • Elegenodechenella
  • Elimaproetus
  • Elliptophillipsia
  • Engelomorrisia (syn=Capricornia4)
  • Ensecoryphe
  • Eocyphinium
  • Eocyrtosymbole
  • Eodrevermannia
  • Eomicrophillipsia
  • Eopalpebralia
  • Eosoproetus
  • Eowinterbergia
  • Erbenaspis
  • Erbenites
  • Evagena
  • Exochops
  • Flexidechenella
  • Formonia
  • Francenaspis
  • Franconicabole
  • Frithjofia
  • Fuscinipyge
  • Ganinella
  • Gapeevella
  • Geigibole
  • Georhithronella
  • Gerastos
  • Gitarra
  • Globusia
  • Globusiella
  • Globusoidea
  • Gomiites
  • Gracemerea
  • Hassiabole
  • Hedstroemia
  • Helioproetus
  • Helmutia
  • Helokybe
  • Humeia
  • Humilogriffithides
  • Hunanoproetus
  • Hypaproetus
  • Jinia
  • Karginella
  • Kaskia
  • Kerpenella
  • Khalfinella
  • Kolymoproetus
  • Kosovoproetus
  • Krambedrysia
  • Kulmiella
  • Kulmogriffithides
  • Lacunoporaspis
  • Laevibole
  • Langgonbole
  • Latibole
  • Latiglobusia
  • Latiproetus
  • Lauchellum
  • Lichanocoryphe
  • Linguaphillipsia
  • Liobole
  • Liobolina
  • Longilobus
  • Longiproetus
  • Lophiokephalion
  • Lugalella
  • Luojiashania
  • Macrobole
  • Mahaiella
  • Malayaproetus
  • Mannopyge
  • Megaproetus
  • Menorcaspis
  • Merebolina
  • Metaphillipsia
  • Mezzaluna
  • Microspatulina
  • Mirabole
  • Monodechenella
  • Moravocoryphe
  • Moschoglossis
  • Myoproetus
  • Namuraspis
  • Neogriffithides
  • Neokaskia
  • Nitidocare
  • Nodiphillipsia
  • Oehlertaspis
  • Oidalaproetus
  • Orbitoproetus
  • Ormistonaspis
  • Omlistonia
  • Ormistoniella
  • Osmolskia
  • Otodechenella
  • Paladin
  • Palaeophillipsia
  • Paleodechenella
  • Palpebralia
  • Panibole
  • Parachaunoproetus
  • Paradechenella
  • Parafrithjofia
  • Paraglobusia
  • Paragriffithides
  • Paramirabole
  • Parangustibole
  • Parapalpebralia
  • Paraproetus
  • Parawarburgella
  • Particeps
  • Parvidumus
  • Paryfenus
  • Pedinocoryphe
  • Pedinodechenella
  • Perexigupyge
  • Perliproetus
  • Phillibolina
  • Philliboloides
  • Phyllaspis
  • Planilobus
  • Planokaskia
  • Plesiowensus
  • Podoliproetus
  • Pontipalpebralia
  • Praedechenella
  • Pragoproetus
  • Prantlia
  • Prodiacoryphe
  • Proetocephalus
  • Proetus
  • Pseudobollandia
  • Pseudocyrtosymbole
  • Pseudodechenella
  • Pseudodudu
  • Pseudogerastos
  • Pseudoproetus
  • Pseudosilesiops
  • Pseudospatulina
  • Pseudowaribole
  • Pudoproetus
  • Pulcherproetus
  • Pusillabole
  • Raerinproetus
  • Reediella
  • Rhenocynproetus
  • Rhenogriffides
  • Richterella
  • Rijckholtia
  • Rosehillia
  • Rugulites
  • Schaderthalaspis
  • Schizophillipsia
  • Schizoproetina
  • Schizoproetoides
  • Schizoproetus
  • Semiproetus
  • Sevillia
  • Silesiops
  • Simaproetus
  • Sinobole
  • Sinocyrtoproetus
  • Sinopaladin
  • Sinoproetus
  • Sinosymbole
  • Skemmatocare
  • Skemmatopyge
  • Spatulata (syn=Spatulina 4)
  • Spergenaspis
  • Spinibolops
  • Struveproetus
  • Sulcubole
  • Tawstockia
  • Taynaella
  • Tcherkesovia
  • Tetinia
  • Thaiaspella
  • Thalabaria
  • Thebanaspis
  • Tropidocare
  • Tschernyschewiella
  • Typhloproetus
  • Unguliproetus
  • Vandergrachtia
  • Vittaella
  • Wagnerispina
  • Waideggula
  • Waigatchella
  • Warburgella
  • Waribole
  • Weberiphillipsia
  • Westropia
  • Weyeraspis
  • Winiskia
  • Winterbergia
  • Witryides
  • Xenadoche
  • Xenoboloides
  • Xenocybe
  • Xenodechenella
  • Xiangzhongella
  • Xiushuiproetus
  • Yanshanaspis
  • Yichangaspis
  • Yishanaspis
  • Yuanjia (syn=Haasia4)
  • Zhegangula
  • Zhejiangoproetus
References

References

  1. Helje Pärnaste; Adrian Popp & Robert M. Owens (2009). "Distribution of the order Proetida (Trilobita) in Baltoscandian Ordovician strata" (PDF). Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences. 58 (1): 10–23. doi:10.3176/earth.2009.1.02.
  2. Robert M. Owens (2003). "The stratigraphical distribution and extinctions of Permian trilobites". In Philip D. Lane; Derek J. Siveter; Richard A. Fortey (eds.). Trilobites and their relatives: contributions from the third international conference, Oxford 2001. Issue 70 of Special papers in palaeontology. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 377–397. ISBN 978-0-901702-81-4.
  3. Sam Gon III (April 21, 2008). "Order Proetida". A Guide to the Orders of Trilobites. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
  4. Hüseyin Özdikmen (2009). "Nomenclatural changes for twenty trilobites genera" (PDF). Munis Entomology & Zoology. 4 (1): 155–171.