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Dechenella

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Dechenella Kayser
1912Eudechenella Richter
1935Dechenella (Eudechenella) Allan
2002Dechenella Jell and Adrain p. 364
2002Dechenella Sepkoski
2002Eudechella Sepkoski
2008Dechenella Van Viersen and Prescher p. 17
2021Dechenella Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyDechenellinaePribyl 1946
genusDechenellaKayser 1880

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. †Dechenella Kayser 1880
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Subg. †Dechenella (Monodechenella) Stumm 1953
Subg. †Dechenella (Pedinodechenella) Ormiston 1967
Dechenella alpenensis Stumm 1953
Dechenella altenae Basse 1996
Dechenella boteroi Caster and Richter 1950
Dechenella burmeisteri Richter 1909
Dechenella burmeisteri emstae Basse et al. 2016
Dechenella calxensis Bignon and Crônier 2011
Dechenella carvalhoae Lieberman 1994
Dechenella daumeriesi Van Viersen and Prescher 2008
Dechenella disjecta Richter and Richter 1912
Dechenella gigouti Richter and Richter 1950
Dechenella givetensis Bignon and Crônier 2011
Dechenella granulata Richter 1912
Dechenella haldemani Hall 1861
Dechenella indonsinensis Mansuy 1916
Dechenella indosinensis Mansuy 1916
Dechenella neotesca Ormiston 1967
Dechenella nortoni Walter 1923
Dechenella osborni Ormiston 1967
Dechenella perscheii Lieberman 1994
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Invalid names: Dechenella delphinula Hall and Clarke 1888 [synonym]
Dechenella polonica Gurich 1896
Dechenella praeverneuili Struve 1992
Dechenella rittbergensis Zimmerman 1892
Dechenella romanovski Tschernyschew 1887
Dechenella rospensis Basse 1996
Dechenella rossumi Van Viersen and Prescher 2010
Dechenella setosa Whidborne 1889
Dechenella struvei Richter and Richter 1950
Dechenella valentini Stumm 1953
Dechenella verneuili Barrande 1852
Dechenella verticalis Burmeister 1843
Dechenella ziatensis Feist and Orth 2000
Dechenella ziegleri Struve 1992
Invalid names: Eudechenella Richter 1912 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 413.02000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (142 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62USA (Alaska) D. sp. (36599)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Vietnam Proetus indosinensis (83248)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47New Zealand D. mackayi (40524) D. sp. (40527)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Nunavut) D. maclareni (26583 26587 26588 26589 26590 26591 26593 26616 26620) D. planimarginata, D. franklini, D. maclareni, D. paramaclareni, D. spaekkassensis (26596) D. planimarginata, D. paramaclareni, D. spaekkassensis (26640) D. sp. (26592 26612 26621)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Yukon) D. sp. (606)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) D. sp. (40039)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Canada (Nunavut) D. maclareni (26594 26595)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95USA (Alaska) Proetus romanooski (111906)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Colombia D. boteroi (229210)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Italy D. setosa (26253)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Nunavut) D. algida (26606 26607 26609 26610) D. bathurstensis (26601 26604 26605) D. bathurstensis, D. crista (26602) D. maclareni (26597) D. osborni (26599 26600) D. sp., D. crepuscula (26603) D. sp., D. neotesca (26598)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Northwest Territories) D. sp. (55481 55485)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) D. sp. (213759)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Sauerland) D. polonica (229470)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Manitoba) D. sp. (228068 228105)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Yukon) D. maclareni (223528 223531)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Michigan) D. planimarginata (207848) D. valentini, D. alpenensis (207844)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Rhein-Westfalen) D. altenae (229540)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Japan (Iwate) D. minima (104031)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Alaska) D. sp. (3639)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belgium (Namur) D. verneuili (70275 70277)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Belgium D. sp., D. rossumi, D. daumeriesi (205311)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Nevada) D. sp. (44124)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany D. verneuili (127762)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Pennsylvania) Proetus haldemani (74998)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) D. polonica (229637) D. rospensis (229542)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (New York) D. sp. (77078) Proetus haldemani (83120)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Ohio) D. planimarginata (207849) D. welleri (207850)
Southwoodian393.47 - 387.95USA (Indiana) Cyrtodechenella welleri (188933)
Eifelian - Early/Lower Givetian393.47 - 385.9Belgium (Namur) D. sp. (229333)
Eifelian - Early/Lower Givetian393.47 - 385.9Germany (Sauerland) D. iserlohnensis (229633)
Cazenovian393.47 - 382.31USA (Ohio) D. alpenensis (188934)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Canada (Northwest Territories) D. sp. (622)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Czechia (Moravia) D. rittbergensis (5770)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Indiana) D. boteroi (11101)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Alaska) Proetus romanooski (111901 111903)
Late/Upper Eifelian390.5 - 387.95Germany D. altenae (235172 235173 235174 235176 235177) D. praeverneuili (235186 235187 235188 235189 235192)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Belgium D. rossumi (205314)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) D. burmeisteri, D. delsternensis (229486) D. delsternensis (229485) D. delsternensis, D. burmeisteri (229523) D. emstae (229487 229488) D. verneuili (229458 229459)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9France D. calxensis, D. ziegleri (223265) D. givetensis (223263 223264 223266 223267 223268 223269)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany D. altenae (235178) D. burmeisteri, D. allendorfensis (229543) D. sp. (60162 60167) D. verneuili (229629)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Canada (Northwest Territories) D. sp. (34871)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Belgium (Namur) D. verneuili (70293 70433)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Czechia (Moravia) D. rittbergensis (5767)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Rhein-Westfalen) D. altenae (229539)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Poland (Swietokrzyskie) D. carvalhoae (207851)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) D. alpenensis (207859)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France D. polonica (38681 38683) D. sp., D. ziegleri (223270 223271)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Ontario) D. alpenensis (64664) D. delphinula (9476)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Pennsylvania) D. sp. (627)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany D. sp. (143798)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Belgium (Namur) D. verneuili (70281)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') D. bathurstensis, D. verneuili (40711)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) D. struvei (207845 207846) D. verneuili (44122 44183 44258) D. verneuili, D. granulata (44132)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Nunavut) D. struvei (216592)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Manitoba) D. sp. (228134 228138)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Morocco D. gigouti, D. ziatensis (207847)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Iowa) D. haldemani (94216) D. sp. (94213) D. sp. 1, D. haldemani, D. nortoni (94215) D. sp. 2 (94214 94217 94218)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) D. alpenensis (38459 38460 38463)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) D. sp. (75584)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Belgium D. verticalis (234782)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Germany D. verneuili (235281)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany D. romanovskii, D. disjecta (223449)