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Pedinodechenella holoccipitis

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Pedinodechenella holoccipitis was named by Ormiston (1976). Its type specimen is GSC 43601, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shell Canada Lot 5930, Many Beaver Lake area, NTS 106G, which is in an Eifelian marine horizon in the Hume Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Pedinodechenella holoccipitis Ormiston pp. 1168 - 1167 figs. P1. 2, figs. 4-9

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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
genusPedinodechenella()
speciesholoccipitis

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Ormiston 1976A Pedinodechenella lacking occipital lobes, axial furrow almost obliterated, weak palpebral furrow present, posterior half of pygidium without visible furrows.
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: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Northwest Territories) Pedinodechenella holoccipitis (type locality: 216585 216586 216587)