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Dechenella (Dechenella) maclareni

Artiopoda - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Dechenella (Dechenella) maclareni was named by Ormiston (1967). Its type specimen is GSC No. 18174, an exoskeleton (nearly complete specimen), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Twilight Section, Bathurst Island, Unit 19, Bird Fiord Formation, which is in an Eifelian transition zone/lower shoreface siltstone/shale in the Bird Fiord Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Dechenella maclareni by Norris (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Dechenella maclareni Norris
1967Dechenella (Dechenella) maclareni Ormiston pp. 82 - 85 figs. Plate IX, figure 17; Plate X, figures 1-10

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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
speciesmaclareni

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 Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 410.62000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Nunavut) Dechenella maclareni (26583 26587 26588 26589 26590 26591 26593 26596 26616 26620)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Canada (Nunavut) Dechenella maclareni (26594 26595)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Yukon) Dechenella maclareni (223528 223531)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Nunavut) Dechenella maclareni (type locality: 26597)