{{Short description|Genus of ptychopariid trilobite}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Miaolingian}} | image = Cambroproteus lemdadensis.jpg | image_caption = Juvenile and adult ''C. lemdadensis'' resting on ''Acadoparadoxides sp.'' | genus = Cambroproteus | parent_authority = Geyer, 2015 | species = lemdadensis | authority = Geyer, 2015<ref name=geyer /> }}
'''''Cambroproteus''''' is a genus of ptychopariid trilobite from the Late Cambrian of Morocco.<ref name=geyer> G. Geyer. 2015. Exotic trilobites from the Lower–Middle Cambrian boundary interval in Morocco and their bearing on the Cambrian Series 3 lower boundary. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89:749-781</ref> It has a single known species, '''''Cambroproteus lemdadensis''''', whose various features are shared with disparate groups of other ptychopariids, which make it difficult to place within other established ptychopariid families.<ref name=geyer />
==Etymology== The generic name translates as "Cambrian Proteus."<ref name=geyer /> This is in reference to the situation of how its varied features stymy understanding of its placement within Ptychopariida, effectively making it a marine shapeshifter.<ref name=geyer />
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Category:Cambrian trilobites Category:Ptychopariida Category:Fossils of Morocco Category:Ptychopariida genera Category:Monotypic trilobite genera
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