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.

Proetidae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ProetoideaPBDB
Diet
deposit feederPBDB, for Proetida
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Trilobita
Motility
fast-movingPBDB, for Trilobita
Vision
well-developedPBDB
Environment
marinePBDB, for Trilobita

Time the record covers

At least 160 million years on record.

The record covers at least 475.3 Mya to 315.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 481.7 Mya to 307 Mya.

Ordovician — about 123 of 2315 occurrencesOrdovicianSilurian — about 542 of 2315 occurrencesSilurianDevonian — about 1474 of 2315 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 176 of 2315 occurrencesCarboniferous485–479 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences479–473 Mya — about 3 occurrences473–467 Mya — about 4 occurrences467–461 Mya — about 2 occurrences461–455 Mya — about 10 occurrences455–449 Mya — about 40 occurrences449–443 Mya — about 69 occurrences443–437 Mya — about 98 occurrences437–431 Mya — about 133 occurrences431–425 Mya — about 143 occurrences425–419 Mya — about 186 occurrences419–413 Mya — about 190 occurrences413–406 Mya — about 310 occurrences406–400 Mya — about 94 occurrences400–394 Mya — about 132 occurrences394–388 Mya — about 371 occurrences388–382 Mya — about 232 occurrences382–376 Mya — about 12 occurrences376–370 Mya — about 48 occurrences370–364 Mya — about 13 occurrences364–358 Mya — about 64 occurrences358–352 Mya — about 83 occurrences352–346 Mya — about 29 occurrences346–340 Mya — about 14 occurrences340–334 Mya — about 30 occurrences334–328 Mya — about 3 occurrences328–322 Mya — about 2 occurrences316–310 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences310–304 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences475.3 Mya315.2 Mya485 Mya304 Mya

2,315 occurrences of Proetidae on record, most of them in the Devonian. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

2,315 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

539 formations

Cape Phillips — 75.13°N, 95.00°WCape Phillips — 75.80°N, 94.50°WCape Phillips — 75.10°N, 94.00°WCape Phillips — 74.10°N, 94.00°WCape Phillips — 75.00°N, 95.00°WKopanina — 50.00°N, 14.35°EKopanina — 49.96°N, 14.18°EKopanina — 49.95°N, 12.93°EKopanina — 49.52°N, 13.50°EKopanina — 50.08°N, 14.47°EKopanina — 49.93°N, 14.18°EKopanina — 49.95°N, 14.07°EKopanina — 50.05°N, 14.37°EKopanina — 49.90°N, 14.10°EKopanina — 50.38°N, 13.84°EGarra — 32.58°S, 148.95°EBlue Fiord — 76.30°N, 99.30°WBlue Fiord — 76.00°N, 99.00°WBlue Fiord — 76.30°N, 99.00°WBlue Fiord — 77.00°N, 90.00°WBlue Fiord — 73.17°N, 115.22°WBlue Fiord — 76.37°N, 92.80°WLochkov — 49.93°N, 14.18°ELochkov — 50.08°N, 14.47°ELochkov — 49.95°N, 14.08°ELochkov — 49.50°N, 14.33°ELochkov — 49.93°N, 14.13°ELochkov — 49.98°N, 14.33°EGleitsch — 50.67°N, 11.37°EGleitsch — 47.73°N, 7.87°EZhusileng — 41.63°N, 102.63°EZhusileng — 41.62°N, 102.65°EZhusileng — 41.65°N, 102.68°ESlivenec Limestone — 49.94°N, 14.13°ESlivenec Limestone — 49.99°N, 14.33°ESlivenec Limestone — 50.30°N, 15.34°ESlivenec Limestone — 49.93°N, 14.15°EPozary — 49.93°N, 14.18°EPozary — 49.95°N, 12.93°EPozary — 50.03°N, 14.32°EPozary — 50.03°N, 14.42°EPozary — 50.08°N, 14.47°EPozary — 49.52°N, 13.50°EPozary — 50.00°N, 17.78°EHanonet — 50.05°N, 4.48°EHanonet — 50.09°N, 5.18°EHanonet — 50.07°N, 5.09°EHanonet — 50.06°N, 4.50°ELittle Cedar — 42.00°N, 91.00°WLittle Cedar — 41.83°N, 90.23°WLittle Cedar — 39.12°N, 90.66°WVirgin Hills — 18.75°S, 126.03°EVirgin Hills — 18.73°S, 126.08°EEl Papiol — 41.43°N, 2.00°EEl Papiol — 41.77°N, 2.25°EEl Papiol — 41.72°N, 2.35°EYonghsien — 26.20°N, 111.05°EYonghsien — 25.32°N, 110.10°EYonghsien — 26.20°N, 111.05°EZlichov Limestone — 50.00°N, 14.00°EZlichov Limestone — 49.50°N, 14.33°ETimrhanrhart — 29.71°N, 6.70°WTimrhanrhart — 29.75°N, 6.71°WTimrhanrhart — 29.93°N, 7.05°WTimrhanrhart — 30.50°N, 5.85°WJemelle — 50.07°N, 4.61°EJemelle — 50.16°N, 5.26°EJemelle — 50.04°N, 4.51°EJemelle — 50.05°N, 4.42°EJemelle — 50.06°N, 4.53°EJemelle — 49.98°N, 4.70°EJemelle — 50.26°N, 5.47°EKoneprusy Limestone — 49.92°N, 14.06°EBecscie — 49.40°N, 62.42°WBecscie — 49.80°N, 64.42°WBecscie — 49.82°N, 64.33°WBecscie — 49.61°N, 63.42°WBecscie — 49.61°N, 63.45°WBecscie — 49.74°N, 63.90°WBecscie — 49.38°N, 62.46°WBicken-Ense — 51.10°N, 9.12°EBicken-Ense — 50.60°N, 8.25°EBicken-Ense — 51.38°N, 8.81°EYikewsusu — 41.63°N, 102.63°EYikewsusu — 41.65°N, 102.68°EYikewsusu — 41.62°N, 102.75°EChotec — 49.50°N, 14.33°EDelorme — 63.28°N, 128.54°WDelorme — 62.48°N, 124.78°WDelorme — 62.77°N, 125.25°WDelorme — 62.25°N, 125.00°WVinarice Limestone — 50.00°N, 14.00°EVinarice Limestone — 14.83°N, 13.68°E

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The named rock units Proetidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 515 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 330 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Proetidae and its relatives

Devonian

Where Proetidae and its relatives were recorded in the Devonian.

Found in the same rock

2,812 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 1,170 sites for Proetidae, and this reads 240 of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

400 references

Each of the 2,315 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 388 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Proetidae

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Ghedoghedo
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Salter 1864