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Decoroproetus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4637446https://www.gbif.org/species/4637446
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)21146https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=21146
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Decoroproetus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
familyProetidaeSalter 1864
subfamilyTropidocoryphinaePribyl 1946
genusDecoroproetusPribyl 1946
Scientific NameDecoroproetus Pribyl, 1946
Name Published InPriroda (Brno), 38 (5-6)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Decoroproetusgenusbelongs to Proetidellinaestated with evidenceOwens, 1970
Decoroproetusgenusbelongs to Tropidocoryphinaestated with evidenceOwens, 1973
Decoroproetusgenusbelongs to Proetidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Decoroproetusgenusbelongs to Tropidocoryphidaestated without evidenceJell and Adrain, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)13
First Recorded Appearance472 - 466 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance411 - 383 Ma
Devonian
Environmentmarine (based on Trilobita)
Motilityfast-moving (based on Trilobita)
Visionwell-developed (based on Proetidae)
Dietdeposit feeder (based on Proetida)
Ontogenymolting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)
Ecospace CommentsBODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).
Taphonomyminor spines
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Decoroproetus anaglyptus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Decoroproetus asellus ✝
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
8453 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Decoroproetus bodae ✝
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Decoroproetus brevifrons ✝
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
450 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Decoroproetus campanulatus ✝
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1453 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
453 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Decoroproetus decorus ✝
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
11433 Ma
Silurian
427 Ma
Silurian
Decoroproetus evexus ✝
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4456 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
445 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Decoroproetus farragatus ✝
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2443 Ma
Silurian
441 Ma
Silurian
Decoroproetus furubergensis ✝
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
8458 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
456 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Decoroproetus granulatus ✝
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1427 Ma
Silurian
427 Ma
Silurian
Decoroproetus gyratus ✝
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
458 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Decoroproetus jamesoni
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Decoroproetus papyraceus ✝
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
5461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
452 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Decoroproetus schuebelbergicus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Decoroproetus solenotus ✝
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
7458 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
452 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1946Decoroproetus Pribyl
1946Warburgaspis Pribyl
1949Proetidella Bancroft
1970Decoroproetus Owens
1973Decoroproetus Owens p. 133
1980Decoroproetus Owen and Bruton
1981Decoroproetus Owen
YearName and Author
1982Decoroproetus Owen and Harper
2002Decoroproetus Jell and Adrain p. 364
2002Proetidella Jell and Adrain p. 430
2002Decoroproetus Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Proetidella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002Warburgaspis Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Owens R. M. (1970) The middle Ordovician of the Oslo region, Norway 23. The Trilobite Family Proetidae, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 50, 309-332
Owens R. M. (1973) Ordovician Proetidae (Trilobita) from Scandinavia, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 53, 117-181
Owen A. W., Bruton D. L. (1980) Late Caradoc-early Ashgill trilobites of the central Oslo Region, Norway, Paleontological Contributions from the University of Oslo. No. 245 245, 1-63
Owen A. W. (1981) The Ashgill Trilobites of the Oslo Region, Norway, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 175, 1-88
Owen A. W., Harper D. A. T. (1982) The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo Region, Norway, 31. The upper Caradoc trilobites and brachiopods from Vestbraten, Ringerike, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 62, 95-120
Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Priroda (Brno), 38 (5-6) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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