Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Full reference: R. Feist and B. Orth. 2000. Trilobites de la limite Eifélien/Givétien de la région stratotypique (Tafilalet, Maider, Maroc). Proceedings of the Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy (SDS)–IGCP 421 Morocco Meeting 20:78-91
Belongs to Dechenella according to R. Feist and B. Orth 2000
Sister taxa: Dechenella (Dechenella), Dechenella (Monodechenella), Dechenella (Pedinodechenella), Dechenella allendorfensis, Dechenella alpenensis, Dechenella altenae, Dechenella boteroi, Dechenella burmeisteri, Dechenella calxensis, Dechenella carvalhoae, Dechenella daumeriesi, 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 ziegleri, Dechenella (Eudechenella) mackayi
Type specimen: IMGP Gö Orig K 1122-37, a pygidium. Its type locality is Djebel Ziata, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Bou Tchrafine Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Djebel Ziata
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