Cornuproetus
Extinct genus of trilobites
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Cornuproetus is a genus of trilobite in the family Tropidocoryphidae.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Proetida |
| Family: | †Tropidocoryphidae |
| Genus: | †Cornuproetus Richter & Richter, 1919 |
Cornuproetus lived 390-360 MYA in the Devonian period. Cornuproetus possessed two long genals, which protruded from its Cephalon. It also had two eyes on its Cephalon. The remains of Cornuproetus are commonly found throughout North America, Africa, and Europe. [2]
