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Lloydolithus

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Trinucleidae

Taxonomy
Lloydolithus was named by Bancroft (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-l Sepkoski's reference number: 378]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trinucleidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Lloydolithus Bancroft
2002Lloydolithus Jell and Adrain p. 399
2002Lloydolithus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyTrinucleidaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusLloydolithusBancroft 1933

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. †Lloydolithus Bancroft 1933
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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: suspension feederf
Vision: blindg
Created: 2010-01-23 05:45:50
Modified: 2010-01-23 07:45:50
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Early/Lower Llandeilo or 461.10000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2United Kingdom (Wales) L. sp. (3366)