Proetidae Temporal range: Upper Ordovician–Carboniferous |
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Ditomopyge decurtata, Griffithides bufo, and Kaskia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Trilobita |
Order: | Proetida |
Family: | Proetidae Salter, 1843 |
Proetidae is a family of trilobites. The first appeared in the Upper Ordovician,[1] and were among the last surviving trilobites, occurring until the Carboniferous.[2] The family Proetidae contains the following genera:[3]