Cornuproetus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of trilobites}}

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| image = Cornuproetus lepidus.jpg

| taxon = Cornuproetus

| authority = Richter & Richter, 1919

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Cornuproetus is a genus of trilobite in the family Tropidocoryphidae.{{cite journal |author=Peter A. Jell & Jonathan M. Adrain |year=2002 |title=Available generic names for trilobites |journal=Memoirs of the Queensland Museum |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=331–553 |url=http://www.trilobites.info/generic_names_Jell&Adrain2003.pdf }}

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. https://www.univers-fossile.com/en/blog/cornuproetus-cornutus-fascinating-trilobite-species-fossil-enthusiasts-600.html?id_lang=2