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Lapidaria

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Lapidaria was named by Tjernvik (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren]. Its type is Lapidaria tenella.

It was assigned to Niobinae by Hoel (1999); to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
L. rugosa, L. tenella (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Lapidaria Tjernvik
1999Lapidaria Hoel
2002Lapidaria Jell and Adrain p. 395
2002Lapidaria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyNiobinaeJaanusson 1959
genusLapidariaTjernvik 1956

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. †Lapidaria Tjernvik 1956
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Lapidaria rugosa Tjernvik 1956
Lapidaria tenella Tjernvik 1956
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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Lancefieldian or 477.70000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway (Eiker-Sandsvær) L. rugosa (190918)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Sweden L. rugosa (3194) L. sp. (3195)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Sweden (Västergötland) L. tenella (190969)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Sweden L. sp. (3196 3198 3246 3248)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Russian Federation (Siberia) L. sp. (205383)