Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Full reference: A. P. Van Viersen and H. Prescher. 2008. Devonian Proetidae (Trilobita) from the Ardennes Massif (Belgium, N France) and the Eifel Hills (W Germany). Bulletin de l’Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 78:9-29

Belongs to Dechenella according to Van Viersen and Prescher 2008

Sister taxa: Dechenella (Dechenella), Dechenella (Monodechenella), Dechenella (Pedinodechenella), Dechenella allendorfensis, Dechenella alpenensis, Dechenella altenae, Dechenella boteroi, Dechenella burmeisteri, Dechenella calxensis, Dechenella carvalhoae, Dechenella delsternensis, Dechenella disjecta, 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 praeverneuili, Dechenella rittbergensis, Dechenella romanovski, Dechenella rospensis, Dechenella rossumi, Dechenella setosa, Dechenella struvei, Dechenella valentini, Dechenella verneuili, Dechenella verticalis, Dechenella ziatensis, Dechenella ziegleri, Dechenella (Eudechenella) mackayi

Type specimen: IRSNB a12603, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Resteigne quarry, Hanonet Fm, unit 1, which is in an Eifelian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Hanonet Formation of Belgium.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Resteigne quarry, Hanonet Fm, unit 1

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