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Basidechenella rowi

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Calymene rowi was named by Green (1838).

It was recombined as Proetus rowi by Hall (1876); it was recombined as Dechenella (Basidechenella) rowi by Stumm (1953); it was recombined as Dechenella rowi by Speyer and Brett (1986); it was recombined as Basidechenella rowi by Lieberman (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Calymene rowi Green p. 406
1876Proetus rowi Hall figs. pl. 21, fig. 2-6
1953Dechenella (Basidechenella) rowi Stumm p. 120 figs. pl. 3, fig. 11, pl. 4, figs. 1, 2
1986Dechenella rowi Speyer and Brett fig. 2c
1994Basidechenella rowi Lieberman p. 47 figs. 4.1, 4.3

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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
subfamilyDechenellinaePribyl 1946
genusBasidechenellaRichter 1912
speciesrowi(Green 1838)

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.

Basidechenella rowi Green 1838
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: Givetian or 387.70000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) Basidechenella rowi (91240 91278)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Basidechenella rowi (89661 89665 89666 89667 89669 89670 89671 89674) Dechenella rowi (10107 10119 96209)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Iowa) Dechenella rowi (94215)