Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Parent taxon: Crassiproetinae according to R. M. Owens 2006
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astroproetus, Boliviproetus, Crassiproetus, Dechenellurus, Elimaproetus, Hedstroemia, Mannopyge, Monodechenella, Raerinproetus, Winiskia
Subtaxa: Thebanaspis arsenaulti Thebanaspis asaphoides Thebanaspis determinatus Thebanaspis jefferyi Thebanaspis thebana
Type: Thebanaspis thebana
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (11: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec collections), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Illinois)
• Ordovician of United States (1: Illinois)
Total: 15 collections including 18 occurrences
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