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Dohmiella chamaeleo

Trilobita - Proetida - Proetidae

Taxonomy
Proetus (Euproetus) chamaeleo was named by Richter and Richter (1918).

It was recombined as Dohmiella chamaeleo by Basse (2002) and van Viersen (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Proetus (Euproetus) chamaeleo Richter and Richter pp. 67, 68 fig. 3.
2002Dohmiella chamaeleo Basse pp. 24, 25 figs. pl. 10, figs 203-207, pl. 11, figs 211-217.
2021Dohmiella chamaeleo van Viersen p. 207 figs. 6, 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Life
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyProetinaeSalter 1864
genusDohmiellaLutke 1990
specieschamaeleo(Richter and Richter 1918)

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.

Dohmiella chamaeleo Richter and Richter 1918
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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: Hendy 2009, Fortey and Owens 1999, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Dohmiella chamaeleo (188766)