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
Belongs to Dechenella (Dechenella) according to A. R. Ormiston 1967
Sister taxa: Dechenella (Dechenella) algida, Dechenella (Dechenella) bathurstensis, Dechenella (Dechenella) crepuscula, Dechenella (Dechenella) crista, Dechenella (Dechenella) franklini, Dechenella (Dechenella) maclareni, Dechenella (Dechenella) minima, Dechenella (Dechenella) welleri
Type specimen: GSC 18188, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Trilobites and Corals of the Blue Fiord Formation, Bathurst Island, which is in an Emsian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Blue Fiord Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (2: Nunavut collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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