Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Parent taxon: Tropidocoryphidae according to P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain 2003

Sister taxa: Alberticoryphe, Astycoryphe, Bojocoryphe, Buchiproetus, Cornuproetus, Cyrtosymboloides, Dalejeproetus, Denemarkia, Eopiriproetus, Hollardia, Ignoproetus, Interproetus, Koneprusites, Lepidoproetus, Lodenicia, Macroblepharum, Miriproetus, Nagaproetus, Parvigena, Phaetonellus, Piriproetus, Pribylia, Prionopeltis, Prodrevermannia, Proetidella, Proetina, Proetopeltis, Pteroparia, Quadratoproetus, Rabuloproetus, Ranunculoproetus, Rokycanocoryphe, Sculptoproetus, Stenoblepharum, Tafilaltaspis, Tropicoryphe, Tropidocoryphe, Vicinoproetus, Voigtaspis, Wolayella, Xiphogonium, Zetaproetus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder