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Decoroproetus farragatus

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Decoroproetus farragatus was named by Howells (1982). Its type specimen is SM A74613, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Newlands, which is in an Aeronian marine siltstone/sandstone in the Newlands Farm Formation of the United Kingdom.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Decoroproetus farragatus Howells p. 19 figs. Pl. 5, fig. 15

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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
speciesfarragatus

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.

†Decoroproetus farragatus Howells 1982
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available