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Dechenella (Dechenella) bathurstensis

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Dechenella (Dechenella) bathurstensis was named by Ormiston (1967). Its type specimen is GSC 18148, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Dechenella (Dechenella) bathurstensis Ormiston pp. 71 - 74 figs. Plate VII, figures 11-18; Plate VIII, figures 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyDechenellinaePribyl 1946
genusDechenellaKayser 1880
subgenusDechenellaKayser 1880
speciesbathurstensis

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.

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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 Eifelian to the top of the Givetian or 393.47000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Nunavut) Dechenella bathurstensis (26601 26602 26604 26605)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Dechenella bathurstensis (40711)