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Decoroproetus fearnsidesi

Artiopoda - Proetida - Tropidocoryphidae

Taxonomy
Proetidella fearnsidesi was named by Bancroft (1949).

It was recombined as Astroproetus fearnsidesi by Whittington (1968); it was recombined as Decoroproetus fearnsidesi by Owens (1973).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Proetidella fearnsidesi Bancroft p. 304 figs. pl. 10 fig. 23
1968Astroproetus fearnsidesi Whittington
1973Decoroproetus fearnsidesi Owens pp. 133 - 134

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyTropidocoryphidaePribyl 1946
subfamilyTropidocoryphinaePribyl 1946
genusDecoroproetusPribyl 1946
speciesfearnsidesi(Bancroft 1949)

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.

Decoroproetus fearnsidesi Bancroft 1949
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. B. Whittington 1968? Astroproetus fearnsidesi
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: deposit feedero
Created: 2009-06-09 12:58:26
Modified: 2009-06-09 14:58:26
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Fortey and Owens 1999, Harrington et al. 1959, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Woolstonian or 457.20000 to 454.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Woolstonian457.2 - 454.0United Kingdom (Wales) Astroproetus fearnsidesi (188591)