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Deckera

Trilobita - Olenida - Dokimokephalidae

Taxonomy
Deckera was named by Frederickson (1949) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-l Sepkoski's reference number: 379]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dokimocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Deckera Frederickson
2002Deckera Jell and Adrain p. 364
2002Deckera Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyDokimokephalidae(Kobayashi 1935)
genusDeckeraFrederickson 1949

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Deckera Frederickson 1949
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Deckera completa Wilson 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:59:19
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:59:19
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Steptoean to the top of the Dolgellian or 497.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) D. completa (156631 156634 156636 156637 156638 156640 156641 156642 156643 156644 156656 156658 156669 156670 156673 156674 156675) D. sp. (9262 9263)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) D. aldenensis (9191 9194 9197)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) D. completa (8952)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) D. completa (62079 62080 62081 62083 62084 62085 62090 62091 62092 62093 62095)