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Taxonomy
Proetus macrocephalus was named by Hall (1861). It is the type species of Monodechenella.
It was recombined as Dechenella macrocephala by Richter and Richter (1926); it was recombined as Dechenella (Monodechenella) macrocephala by Stumm (1953); it was recombined as Dechenella macrocephalus by Mayer (1989); it was recombined as Monodechenella macrocephala by Lieberman (1994) and Jell and Adrain (2002); it was recombined as Monodechenella macrocephalus by Bonelli et al. (2006).
It was recombined as Dechenella macrocephala by Richter and Richter (1926); it was recombined as Dechenella (Monodechenella) macrocephala by Stumm (1953); it was recombined as Dechenella macrocephalus by Mayer (1989); it was recombined as Monodechenella macrocephala by Lieberman (1994) and Jell and Adrain (2002); it was recombined as Monodechenella macrocephalus by Bonelli et al. (2006).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1861 | Proetus macrocephalus Hall p. 77 |
| 1926 | Dechenella macrocephala Richter and Richter p. 24 |
| 1953 | Dechenella (Monodechenella) macrocephala Stumm pp. 123 - 124 figs. Pl. IV, Figs. 3-6 |
| 1989 | Dechenella macrocephalus Mayer |
| 1994 | Monodechenella macrocephala Lieberman pp. 145 - 146 figs. 40, 41 |
| 2002 | Monodechenella macrocephala Jell and Adrain p. 428 |
| 2006 | Monodechenella macrocephalus Bonelli, Jr. et al. |
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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.
†Monodechenella macrocephala Hall 1861
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: Givetian or 387.70000 to 382.70000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Devonian | USA (New York) | Monodechenella macrocephala (91238 91240 91243 91245 91280) | |
| Givetian | USA (New York) | Dechenella macrocephalus (9019) Monodechenella macrocephalus (89663 89667 89669 89670 89671 89673) | |
| Givetian | USA (Indiana) | Proetus macrocephalus (170009) |