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Denemarkia

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Denemarkia was named by Pribyl (1946) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg Sepkoski's reference number: 421,1106]. It is not extant. Its type is Proetus frontalis.

It was assigned to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002); to Tropidocoryphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Denemarkiinae by Feist (2003); and to Tropidocoryphinae by Bault et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Denemarkia Pribyl
2002Denemarkia Jell and Adrain p. 365
2002Denemarkia Sepkoski
2003Denemarkia Feist p. 438
2021Denemarkia Bault et al. pp. Appendix 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidae(Pribyl 1946)
subfamilyTropidocoryphinae(Pribyl 1946)
genusDenemarkiaPribyl 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.

G. †Denemarkia Pribyl 1946
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†Denemarkia frontalis Hawle and Corda 1847
†Denemarkia samo Šnajdr 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 03:01:20
Modified: 2009-12-19 05:01:20
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Eifelian or 410.80000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic D. frontalis (12101) D. frontalis, D. samo (10342)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Prague) D. frontalis (12071 231004) D. frontalis, D. samo (231003)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') D. frontalis (40701)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Morocco D. africana (27061) D. tafilaltensis (27062)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Hessen) D. erbeni (229648)