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Dekayia

Stenolaemata - Trepostomata - Heterotrypidae

Taxonomy
Dekayia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851). Its type is Dekayia aspera.

It was assigned to Trepostomida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Heterotrypidae by Bassler (1953), Ernst and Nakrem (2012) and Jiménez-Sánchez et al. (2015).

Species
D. aspera (type species), D. sugarensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. crenulata, D. typica

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Dekayia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1953Dekayia Bassler p. G98
1953Petigopora Bassler p. G98
2002Dekayia Sepkoski
2002Petigopora Sepkoski
2012Dekayia Ernst and Nakrem
2015Dekayia Jiménez-Sánchez et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderTrepostomataUlrich 1882
suborderHalloporinaAstrova 1965
familyHeterotrypidaeUlrich 1890
genusDekayiaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851

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. †Dekayia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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†Dekayia aspera Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
†Dekayia sugarensis Ross 1969
Invalid names: Petigopora [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-09-18 02:11:14
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:19:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Smith et al. 2006

Age range: base of the Dobrotivian to the top of the Richmondian or 459.00000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8USA (New York) D. sp. (332)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Kentucky) D. sp. (10745)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (New York) D. sp. (334 335)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) D. sp. (312 313)
Dobrotivian - Berounian459.0 - 449.8France D. sp. (21007)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Norway D. sugarensis (144920)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Argentina D. sp. (144790)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) D. sp., D. typica (26276)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5France D. minima, D. buttleri (143880)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Georgia) D. aspera (32547 32552 32553 32554 32557 32558)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (New York) D. sp. (346 1196)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Virginia) D. sp. (344)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Maryland) D. sp. (406 409)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8USA (Ohio) D. sp. (397)
Caradoc - Ashgill458.4 - 443.7Italy D. minima (143881)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) D. typica (55999)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) D. sp. (24628)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) D. sp. (76092)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) D. typica (26272)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) D. sp. (34547 34557 34561)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) D. sp. (337 432 433 76089 76090 76091)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) D. typica (26270)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) D. sp. (349 386)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) D. sp., Petigopora sp. (388) Petigopora sp. (350 391)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (New York) D. sp. (77104)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Petigopora gregaria, Petigopora petechialis (5374)
Maysvillian - Ashgill450.2 - 443.7USA (Ohio) D. sp., Petigopora sp. (389 390)
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2France D. minima, D. buttleri, D. sp. (143879)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Petigopora offfula (5326)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) Petigopora sp. (400)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Libya (Tripolitania) D. sp. (75420)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (Jiangxi) D. sp. (80141)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7India D. gregaria (144037 144040) D. sp. (144041)
Rawtheyan - Cautleyan448.8 - 448.8United Kingdom (Wales) D. pengawsensis, D. crenulata (3307)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Morocco D. sp. (173823)