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Dechenella boteroi

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Dechenella (Basidechenella) boteroi was named by Caster and Richter (1950) [Dechenella (Basidechenella?) boteroi Caster & Richter n. sp. in Richter R. & E., p. 161.].

It was recombined as Dechenella boteroi by Morzadec et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Dechenella (Basidechenella) boteroi Caster and Richter
2015Dechenella boteroi Morzadec et al. p. 344 figs. 6A, B

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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
speciesboteroi(Caster 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 boteroi Caster and Richter 1950
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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Devonian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 393.30000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Colombia Dechenella boteroi (229210)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Indiana) Dechenella boteroi (11101)