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Dechenella gigouti

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Dechenella (Dechenella) gigouti was named by Richter and Richter (1950).

It was recombined as Dechenella gigouti by Lieberman (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Dechenella (Dechenella) gigouti Richter and Richter pp. 158-160 figs. pl. 2, figs. 11-13
1994Dechenella gigouti Lieberman p. 130

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyDechenellinaePribyl 1946
genusDechenellaKayser 1880
speciesgigouti(Richter and Richter 1950)

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.

Dechenella gigouti Richter and Richter 1950
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. S. Lieberman 1994S3 straight, directed posteriorly; anterior branch of facial suture forms a right angle directed laterally; anterior cephalic border flattened, very long, length equal two to three times length between distal tips of Sl and S2; posterior portion of Sl does not contact SO; median glabellar furrows medially directed posteriorly; anteromedian portion of eye opposite distal tip of S3; maximum glabellar bulge posterior of distal tip of S 1; sides of glabella opposite S4 converging; fixigenae from lateral margins ofglabella to anterior border evenly sloping; pygidialborder developed as rounded lip, convex up dorsally, reaches point of constant and greatest width opposite pleural segment number nine; 19-20 axial rings.
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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Givetian or 387.70000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Morocco Dechenella gigouti (207847)