Proetida

Proetida
Temporal range: Early Ordovician – End Permian
Aulacopleura konincki, Kosov u Berouna, Czech Republic
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Proetida
Fortey & Owens, 1975
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Proetida is an order of trilobite that lived from the Ordovician to the Permian. It was the last surviving order of trilobite, dying out in the Permian-Triassic extinction event.[1]

  1. ^ Paleobiology Database. "PBDB: Proetida". Retrieved December 4, 2011.