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Leiostegina

Trilobita - Phacopida - Homalonotidae

Taxonomy
Leiostegina was named by Kobayashi (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-m]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Homalonotidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Leiostegina Kobayashi
2002Leiostegina Jell and Adrain p. 396
2002Leiostegina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCalymeninaSwinnerton 1915
familyHomalonotidaeChapman 1890
genusLeiosteginaKobayashi 1937

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.

G. †Leiostegina Kobayashi 1937
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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 width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 19:54:32
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:06:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Caradoc or 458.40000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5Bolivia L. sp. (8854)
Caradoc - Katian458.4 - 445.2Bolivia (General de Saavedra) L. inexpectons (9102)