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Basidechenella maura

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus (Coniproetus) maurus was named by Alberti (1967).

It was recombined as Basidechenella maura by Lieberman (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Proetus (Coniproetus) maurus Alberti pp. 483 - 484 figs. pl. 1, fig. 3
1994Basidechenella maura Lieberman pp. 122 - 123

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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
speciesmaura(Alberti 1967)

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 maura Alberti 1967
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. S. Lieberman 1994Furrows between intraoccipital lobe and glabella and between intraoccipital lobe and main body of LO faint; intraoccipital lobe does not project beyond lateral margin of glabella; prosopon of dense granules; anterior border furrow contacts anterior edge of glabella; SO not directed posteriorly medially.
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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Late/Upper Emsian or 402.50000 to 391.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Morocco Proetus maurus (27069)