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Decoroproetus decorus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy

Proetus decorus was named by Barrande (1846).

It was recombined as Decoroproetus decorus by Owens (1970), Šnajdr (1980), Owen and Bruton (1980), Owen (1981), Owen and Harper (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. anaglyptus, D. australis, D. calvus, D. coderus, D. mergli, D. mirificus, D. miser, D. nudiformis, D. parabolina, D. parviusculus, D. petreki, D. petryki, D. quirinus, D. restvensis, D. wesenbergensis, D. coderus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1846	Proetus decorus Barrande p. 64
1970	Decoroproetus decorus Owens
1980	Decoroproetus decorus Owen and Bruton
1980	Decoroproetus decorus Šnajdr pp. 126 - 127 figs. pl. 21 f. 1-7; pl. 52 f. 3; txt. f. 3g, 7i, 4l
1981	Decoroproetus decorus Owen
1982	Decoroproetus decorus Owen and Harper

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
class	Artiopoda	Hou and Bergstrom

Rank	Name	Author
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Proetida	Fortey and Owens 1975
superfamily	Proetoidea	Hawle and Corda 1847
family	Tropidocoryphidae	Pribyl 1946
subfamily	Tropidocoryphinae	Pribyl 1946
genus	Decoroproetus	Pribyl 1946
species	decorus	(Barrande 1846)

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.

†Decoroproetus decorus Barrande 1846

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitec

Composition 2:

chitinc

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

10 to < 100g

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10g

Spines:

minorg

Ontogeny:

molting, addition of partsc

Environment:

marinec

Locomotion:

fast-movingc

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalc

Diet:

deposit feedero

Created:

2009-06-09 12:58:26

Modified:

2009-06-09 14:58:26

Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class

References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Ludlow or 432.90000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian	432.9 - 430.6	Czechia	Decoroproetus decorus (14046 14051 14123) Decoroproetus sp. (14124)
Sheinwoodian	432.9 - 430.6	Czechia (Praha)	Decoroproetus decorus (164484)
Wenlock	432.9 - 426.7	Czechia	Decoroproetus decorus (14090 14091)
Homerian	430.6 - 426.7	Czechia	Decoroproetus decorus (14050 14065 14102)
Ludlow	426.7 - 422.7	Morocco	Decoroproetus decorus (27030)