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Pseudodechenella edgecombei

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Arcticormistonia edgecombei was named by Lieberman (1994). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC locality C-8225, Prince of Wales Island, which is in a Siegen marine horizon in the Drake Bay Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Arcticormistonia.

It was recombined as Pseudodechenella edgecombei by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Arcticormistonia edgecombei Lieberman pp. 38 - 40
2002Pseudodechenella edgecombei Jell and Adrain

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusPseudodechenellaPillet 1973
speciesedgecombei()

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.

Pseudodechenella edgecombei Lieberman 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:30:23
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:35:55
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Siegen or 412.30000 to 409.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Siegen412.3 - 409.1Canada (Nunavut) Basidechenella inflecta (type locality: 207811)
Siegen412.3 - 409.1Canada (Yukon) Basidechenella inflecta (207810)