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Decoroproetus scrobiculatus

Trilobita - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Discussion

1915 Proetus gracilis Barrande; Hede, p. 45, pl. 4, figs. 22-24.

1965 Decoroproetus sp.; Rickards, p. 548.

1967 Decoroproetus; Rickards, p. 230.

Taxonomy
Decoroproetus scrobiculatus was named by Owens (1973). Its type specimen is NMW 71.6G.512a, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Decoroproetus scrobiculatus Owens pp. 52 - 53 figs. Pl. 9, figs. 10-20; Pl. 10, figs. 1-8, Text-fig. 7

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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
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyTropidocoryphinaePribyl 1946
genusDecoroproetusPribyl 1946
speciesscrobiculatus

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.

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Diagnosis
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