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Decoroproetus subornatus

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Proetus subornatus was named by Cooper and Kindle (1936).

It was recombined as Decoroproetus subornatus by Owen and Bruton (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Proetus subornatus Cooper and Kindle
1980Decoroproetus subornatus Owen and Bruton p. 18

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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
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyTropidocoryphinaePribyl 1946
genusDecoroproetusPribyl 1946
speciessubornatus(Cooper and Kindle 1936)

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 subornatus Cooper and Kindle 1936
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Harrington et al. 1959

Age range: base of the Richmondian to the top of the Katian or 449.60000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian453.0 - 445.2China (JiangSu) Decoroproetus subornatus (192794)
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Proetus subornatus (37790)