Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: A. R. Ormiston. 1967. Lower and Middle Devonian trilobites of the Canadian arctic islands. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 153:1-148
Parent taxon: Dechenellinae according to Z. Zhou et al. 2000
See also Jell and Adrain 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Basidechenella, Borealia, Camsellia, Clavibole, Cyberella, Cyrtodechenella, Dechenella, Elegenodechenella, Flexidechenella, Fuscinipyge, Humeia, Ormistoniella, Otodechenella, Paradechenella, Pedinodechenella, Schizoproetoides, Schizoproetus, Xenodechenella, Chauffouraspis
Subtaxa: Deltadechenella bathurstensis
Type: Deltadechenella bathurstensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (4: Nunavut collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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