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Dalarnepeltis

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Decoroproetus (Dalarnepeltis) was named by Pribyl and Vanek (1978). Its type is Decoroproetus campanulatus.

It was reranked as Dalarnepeltis by Hughes (2010) and Holloway (2013).

It was assigned to Decoroproetus by Pribyl and Vanek (1978); to Tropidocoryphinae by Hughes (2010); and to Tropidocoryphidae by Holloway (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Decoroproetus (Dalarnepeltis) Pribyl and Vanek
2010Dalarnepeltis Hughes pp. 128 - 129
2013Dalarnepeltis Holloway p. 61

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
genusDalarnepeltis(Pribyl and Vanek 1978)

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.

G. †Dalarnepeltis Pribyl and Vanek 1978
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Dalarnepeltis dewingi Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
Dalarnepeltis narbonnei Chatterton and Ludvigsen 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2012-08-27 22:22:34
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:22:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Telychian or 453.00000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian - Hirnantian453.0 - 443.4Sweden (Dalarne) Decoroproetus campanulatus (73413)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Canada (Quebec) Decoroproetus narbonnei (184996 186076)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Decoroproetus dewingi (184641 186053 186055 186086 187769)