Proetidae
| Proetidae Temporal range: Upper Ordovician–Middle Permian | |
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| Ditomopyge decurtata | |
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| 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, that survived until the Middle Permian.[2] The family Proetidae contains the following genera:[3]
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Wikispecies has information related to: Proetidae |
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Robert M. Owens (2003). "The stratigraphical distribution and extinctions of Permian trilobites". In Philip D. Lane, Derek J. Siveter, Richard A. Fortey. 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.
- ↑ Sam Gon III (April 21, 2008). "Order Proetida". A Guide to the Orders of Trilobites. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Hüseyin Özdikmen (2009). "Nomenclatural changes for twenty trilobites genera" (PDF). Munis Entomology & Zoology 4 (1): 155–171.