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Dechenella romanovski

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Dechenella romanovski was named by Tschernyschew (1887).

It was recombined as Proetus romanooski by Kindle (1907); it was corrected as Dechenella romanovskyi by Lemke (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Dechenella romanovski Tschernyschew
1907Proetus romanooski Kindle p. 328
2011Dechenella romanovski Bignon and Crônier p. 4
2020Dechenella romanovskyi Lemke

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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
speciesromanovskiTschernyschew 1887

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.

Dechenella romanovski Tschernyschew 1887
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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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999

Age range: base of the Middle Devonian to the top of the Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7USA (Alaska) Proetus romanooski (111906)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Alaska) Proetus romanooski (111901 111903)