Proetus

noun

Pro·​e·​tus

prōˈētəs

: a genus (the type of the family Proetidae) comprising small trilobites with nearly equal shields, smooth depressed glabella, and narrow cheeks and being common throughout the Paleozoic after the Cambrian

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