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Otodechenella

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy

Species
O. convexa (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Otodechenella Zhou et al. pp. 472 - 473

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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
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyDechenellinaePribyl 1946
genusOtodechenella

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. †Otodechenella Zhou et al. 2000
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Otodechenella convexa Zhou et al. 2000
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Z. Zhou et al. 2000Dechenellinae with very weakly laterally constricted, conical glabella with deep S 1 defining subquadrate LI; $2 and $3 much shallower; lateral occipital lobe very weakly defined; preglabellar field very short (sag.), about 0.3 sagittal length of anterior border; large, wide palpebral lobes, distance ı911m91ar kedly greater (tr.) than [3-[3; very long, slender genal spine; pygidium triangular with subacuminate posterior margin, having 11-12 axial rings and 8-9 pleural ribs.
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: Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Emsian or 407.60000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3China (Inner Mongolia) O. convexa (217251 217252 217253)