Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Parent taxon: Dechenellinae according to Z. Zhou et al. 2000
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Pillet 1972 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Basidechenella, Borealia, Camsellia, Clavibole, Cyberella, Cyrtodechenella, Dechenella, Deltadechenella, Elegenodechenella, Flexidechenella, Fuscinipyge, Humeia, Ormistoniella, Otodechenella, Paradechenella, Pedinodechenella, Schizoproetoides, Xenodechenella, Chauffouraspis
Subtaxa: Schizoproetus arcticus Schizoproetus celechovicensis Schizoproetus dechenelloides Schizoproetus lemkei Schizoproetus onyx Schizoproetus plettenbergensis
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (2)
• Silurian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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