Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative combination: Dechenella (Dechenella) tesca
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 Ormistonia according to Maksimova 1978
See also Ormiston 1967
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GSC 18192, a pygidium. Its type locality is Twilight Section, Bathurst Island, Unit 10, Blue Fiord Formation, which is in an Emsian shallow subtidal limestone in the Blue Fiord Formation of Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (5: Nunavut collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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