Genus Paprothites Bartzsch & Weyer, 1987

Type species

Pseudarietites westfalicus var. dorsoplana Schmidt, 1924: 52; original designation.

Genus diagnosis

Genus of the subfamily Pseudarietitinae without ventral keel. Sculpture with simple ribs.

Genus composition

Central Europe (Schmidt 1924; Vöhringer 1960; Korn & Weyer 2003): Pseudarietites westfalicus var. dorsoplana Schmidt, 1924; Pseudarietites raricostatus Vöhringer, 1960; Paprothites ruzhencevi Korn & Weyer, 2003; Paprothites beckeri sp. nov.; Paprothites kullmanni sp. nov.

South China (Ruan 1981; Sheng 1989): Pseudarietites ellipticus Ruan, 1981; Pseudarietites platyventrus Ruan, 1981; Pseudarietites subquadratus Ruan, 1981; Pseudarietites daposhangensis Sheng, 1989 .

Remarks

Paprothites is easily separable from Weyerella in the presence of ribs and from the members of the Pseudarietitinae by the lack of the ventral keel.