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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Decoroproetus : Decoroproetus asellus |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Decoroproetus : Decoroproetus asellus |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Decoroproetus |
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Scientific Name | Decoroproetus asellus (Esmark, 1833) |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Decoroproetus asellus | species | belongs to Proetus | stated with evidence | Stormer, 1940 | Decoroproetus asellus | species | belongs to Decoroproetus | stated with evidence | Owens, 1973 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 453 - 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 443 Ma Paleozoic |
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Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) |
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Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) |
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Vision | well-developed (based on Proetidae) |
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Diet | deposit feeder (based on Proetida) |
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Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) |
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Taphonomy | minor spines (based on Decoroproetus) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. M. Owens. 1973. Ordovician Proetidae (Trilobita) from Scandinavia. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 53:117-181 |
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