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Basidechenella exquisita

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Basidechenella exquisita was named by Zhou et al. (2000) [? Basidechenella exquisita]. Its type specimen is XIGTR551, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Basidechenella exquisita Zhou et al. pp. 473 - 474 figs. PI. 10 figs 9-19; pl. 11 figs 1, 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
genusBasidechenellaRichter 1912
speciesexquisita

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.

Basidechenella exquisita Zhou et al. 2000
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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, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: Emsian or 407.60000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3China (Inner Mongolia) Basidechenella exquisita (217243 217244 217245 217253 217254)