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Dechenella (Dechenella) franklini

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Dechenella (Dechenella) franklini was named by Ormiston (1967). Its type specimen is GSC 18195/1, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trilobites and Corals of the Blue Fiord Formation, Bathurst Island, which is in an Emsian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Blue Fiord Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Dechenella (Dechenella) franklini Ormiston pp. 92 - 93 figs. Plate XII, figures 5-8

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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
genusDechenellaKayser 1880
subgenusDechenellaKayser 1880
speciesfranklini

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
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, Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: Emsian or 407.60000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Nunavut) Dechenella franklini (type locality: 26596)