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Deltadechenella bathurstensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Deltadechenella bathurstensis was named by Ormiston (1967). Its type specimen is GSC 18213 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trilobites and Corals of the Blue Fiord Formation, Bathurst Island, which is in an Emsian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Blue Fiord Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Deltadechenella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Deltadechenella bathurstensis Ormiston pp. 105 - 108 figs. Plate XIV, figures 2-12

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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
genusDeltadechenella
speciesbathurstensis

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
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