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Leiobienvillia laevigata

Trilobita - Olenida - Olenidae

Taxonomy
Leiobienvillia laevigata was named by Rasetti (1954) [Paratypes: MCZ 5128]. Its type specimen is MCZ 5127 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oxley collection, Broom Point South, which is in a Tremadocian slope grainstone/mudstone in the Green Point Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Leiobienvillia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Leiobienvillia laevigata Rasetti p. 583 figs. Pl. 61, figs. 3-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyOlenidaeBurmeister 1843
genusLeiobienvillia
specieslaevigata

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Leiobienvillia laevigata Rasetti 1954
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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 length: 10 to < 100f
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 18:16:45
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:27:27
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Tremadocian or 485.40000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Leiobienvillia laevigata (type locality: 105863)