Dechenella Kayser 1880 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Synonyms: Dechenella (Eudechenella) Richter 1912 [objective synonym], Eudechella Richter 1912 [objective synonym], Eudechenella Richter 1912 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Dechenellinae according to V. Bault et al. 2021

See also Bradshaw 1999, Jell and Adrain 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Van Viersen and Prescher 2008

Sister taxa: Basidechenella, Borealia, Camsellia, Clavibole, Cyberella, Cyrtodechenella, Deltadechenella, Elegenodechenella, Flexidechenella, Fuscinipyge, Humeia, Ormistoniella, Otodechenella, Paradechenella, Pedinodechenella, Schizoproetoides, Schizoproetus, Xenodechenella, Chauffouraspis

Subtaxa: Dechenella (Dechenella) Dechenella (Eudechenella) mackayi Dechenella (Monodechenella) Dechenella (Pedinodechenella) Dechenella allendorfensis Dechenella alpenensis Dechenella altenae Dechenella boteroi Dechenella burmeisteri Dechenella calxensis Dechenella carvalhoae Dechenella daumeriesi Dechenella delsternensis Dechenella gigouti Dechenella givetensis Dechenella granulata Dechenella haldemani Dechenella indonsinensis Dechenella indosinensis Dechenella iserlohnensis Dechenella neotesca Dechenella nortoni Dechenella osborni Dechenella perscheii Dechenella planimarginata Dechenella polonica Dechenella rittbergensis Dechenella romanovski Dechenella rospensis Dechenella rossumi Dechenella setosa Dechenella struvei Dechenella valentini Dechenella verneuili Dechenella ziatensis Dechenella ziegleri

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Type: Phillipsia verneuili

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Belgium (8 collections), Canada (47: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Yukon), Colombia (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (11), Germany (27), Italy (1), Japan (1), Morocco (1), New Zealand (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (27: Alaska, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania), Vietnam (1)

Total: 131 collections including 152 occurrences

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