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Cyrtosymbole (Cyrtodechenella)

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtosymbole (Cyrtodechenella) was named by Richter (1950) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife D Fras Sepkoski's reference number: 421,1106].

It was reranked as Cyrtodechenella by Zhou et al. (2000), Jell and Adrain (2002) and Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Cyrtosymbole by Richter and Richter (1950); to Dechenellinae by Zhou et al. (2000); to Proetidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Proetida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Cyrtosymbole (Cyrtodechenella) Richter
1950Cyrtosymbole (Cyrtodechenella) Richter and Richter
2000Cyrtodechenella Zhou et al. p. 470
2002Cyrtodechenella Jell and Adrain p. 363
2002Cyrtodechenella Sepkoski

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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
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyCyrtosymbolinaeHupé 1953
genusCyrtosymboleRichter 1913
subgenusCyrtodechenellaRichter 1950

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.

Subg. †Cyrtosymbole (Cyrtodechenella) Richter 1950
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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
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 02:34:58
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:34:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Fortey and Owens 1999
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