Gerastos

Gerastos
Temporal range:
Gerastos tuberculatus from Morocco
Gerastos sp. from Morocco
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Proetida
Family: Proetidae
Genus: Gerastos
Goldfuss, 1843
Species
  • G. granulosus Goldfuss, 1843
  • G. kesselaeri Van Viersen, Taghon & Magrean, 2019
  • G. silvicultrix Van Viersen, Taghon & Magrean, 2019
  • G. tuberculatus marocensis Chatterton et al., 2006

Gerastos is a genus of proetid trilobite in the family Proetidae that lived between the Pragian and Eifelian of the Lower-Middle Devonian, spanning approximately 21 million years.

It was described by Goldfuss in 1843.