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Decoroproetus furubergensis

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Decoroproetus furubergensis was named by Owens (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. anaglyptus, D. planulatus, D. quirinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Decoroproetus furubergensis Owens

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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
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyTropidocoryphinaePribyl 1946
genusDecoroproetusPribyl 1946
speciesfurubergensis

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
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: base of the Soudleyan to the top of the Marshbrookian or 458.40000 to 454.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harnagian - Soudleyan458.4 - 457.2Norway Decoroproetus furubergensis (162620)
Harnagian - Soudleyan458.4 - 457.2Norway (Hamar -Nes) Decoroproetus furubergensis (162624)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian458.4 - 454.0Norway (Oslo) Decoroproetus furubergensis (2762)
Longvillian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0Norway (Hadeland) Decoroproetus furubergensis (163401)
Woolstonian - Marshbrookian457.2 - 454.0Norway Decoroproetus furubergensis (162630)
Marshbrookian - Actonian455.0 - 453.0Norway (Hadeland) Decoroproetus furubergensis (2761 166927 167370)