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Decoroproetus concentricus

Artiopoda - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy

Decoroproetus concentricus was named by Pribyl (1946).

It was recombined as Centriproetus concentricus by Chlupac (1983).

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
1946	Decoroproetus concentricus Pribyl
1969	Decoroproetus concentricus Alberti
1983	Centriproetus concentricus Chlupac
2021	Decoroproetus concentricus Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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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	concentricus	Pribyl 1946

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 concentricus Pribyl 1946

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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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Pragian or 413.02000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	Morocco	Decoroproetus concentricus (27060)
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	Czechia (Praha)	Decoroproetus concentricus (235199)
Pragian	413.02 - 410.62	Czechia	Centriproetus concentricus (12104)
Pragian - Middle Devonian	413.02 - 382.31	Czechia	Centriproetus concentricus (10379)