Dechenella calxensis Bignon and Crônier 2011 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Full reference: A. Bignon and C. Crônier. 2011. Middle Devonian trilobites from the Mont d’Haurs section in Givet, France, with two new species of Dechenella. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102:1-15

Belongs to Dechenella according to A. Bignon and C. Crônier 2011

Sister taxa: Dechenella (Dechenella), Dechenella (Monodechenella), Dechenella (Pedinodechenella), Dechenella allendorfensis, Dechenella alpenensis, Dechenella altenae, Dechenella boteroi, Dechenella burmeisteri, 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 ziatensis, Dechenella ziegleri, Dechenella (Eudechenella) mackayi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bed 146. Mont d’Haurs section, Givet, which is in a Givetian carbonate packstone in the Hanonet Formation of France.

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Bed 146. Mont d’Haurs section, Givet

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