Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae
Alternative combination: Dechenella (Dechenella) neotesca
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 according to A. Bignon and C. Crônier 2011
See also Ormiston 1967
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 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: GSC No18164/1, a cephalon/head (cranidium).
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Twilight Section, Bathurst Island, Unit 21, Bird Fiord Formation (Devonian of Nunavut)
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