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Dechenella verneuili

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Phillipsia verneuili was named by Barrande (1852). It is the type species of Dechenella.

It was recombined as Dechenella verneuili by Kayser (1880).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Phillipsia verneuili Barrande
1880Dechenella verneuili Kayser

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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
speciesverneuili(Barrande 1852)

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 verneuili Barrande 1852
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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: Early/Lower Givetian or 388.10000 to 383.70000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Belgium (Namur) Dechenella verneuili (70275 70277)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany Dechenella verneuili (127762)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Belgium (Namur) Dechenella verneuili (70293 70433)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Germany Dechenella verneuili (229629)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Dechenella verneuili (229458 229459)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Russian Federation (Arkhangel'skaya Oblast') Dechenella verneuili (40711)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Belgium (Namur) Dechenella verneuili (70281)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Dechenella verneuili (44122 44132 44183 44258)