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Decoroproetus planulatus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy

Decoroproetus (Decoroproetus) planulatus was named by Přibyl (1965).

It was recombined as Decoroproetus planulatus by Lemke (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. anaglyptus, D. australis, D. calvus, D. coderus, D. mergli, D. mirificus, D. miser, D. nudiformis, D. parabolina, D. parviusculus, D. petreki, D. petryki, D. quirinus, D. restvensis, D. wesenbergensis, D. coderus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1965	Decoroproetus (Decoroproetus) planulatus Přibyl
2020	Decoroproetus planulatus Lemke p. 373

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
class	Artiopoda	Hou and Bergstrom

Rank	Name	Author
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Proetida	Fortey and Owens 1975
superfamily	Proetoidea	Hawle and Corda 1847
family	Tropidocoryphidae	Pribyl 1946
subfamily	Tropidocoryphinae	Pribyl 1946
genus	Decoroproetus	Pribyl 1946
species	planulatus	(Přibyl 1965)

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 planulatus Přibyl 1965

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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, Harrington et al. 1959, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Lochkovian or 419.62000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Czechia (Prague)	Decoroproetus planulatus (12068)
Lochkovian - Middle Devonian	419.62 - 382.31	Czechia	Decoroproetus planulatus (10314)