Dechenella (Dechenella) crepuscula Ormiston 1967 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - 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) crista, Dechenella (Dechenella) franklini, Dechenella (Dechenella) maclareni, Dechenella (Dechenella) minima, Dechenella (Dechenella) paramaclareni, Dechenella (Dechenella) welleri

Type specimen: GSC 18168, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Twilight Section, Bathurst Island, Unit 26, Bird Fiord Formation (Devonian of Nunavut)

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