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Lonchodomas

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Lonchodomas Angelin
1957Lonchodomas Harrington and Leanza
1975Lonchodomas Fortey p. 65
1980Lonchodomas Owen and Bruton
1981Lonchodomas Owen
1982Lonchodomas Owen and Harper
2002Lonchodomas Jell and Adrain p. 400
2002Lonchodomas Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
genusLonchodomasAngelin 1854

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. †Lonchodomas Angelin 1854
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Subg. †Lonchodomas (Foliopyge) Perfiliev and Levitsky 1963
Lonchodomas carinatus Cooper 1953
Lonchodomas clavulus Whittington 1965
Lonchodomas depressus Brogger 1887
Lonchodomas halli Billings 1861
Lonchodomas normalis Billings 1865
Lonchodomas pennatus Latouche 1884
Lonchodomas politus Raymond 1925
Lonchodomas portlocki Barrande 1846
Lonchodomas punctatus Cooper 1953
Lonchodomas retrolatus Ross and Barnes 1967
Lonchodomas rostratus Sars 1835
Lonchodomas sublaevis Raymond 1925
Lonchodomas suriensis Harrington and Leanza 1957
Lonchodomas tenuis Nielsen 1995
Lonchodomas tumidus Forbes 1849
Lonchodomas volborthi Schmidt 1894
Lonchodomas yohi Sun 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-09 08:22:56
Modified: 2009-06-09 10:22:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Billingen to the top of the Harju or 474.80000 to 443.80000 Ma

Collections (319 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8United Kingdom L. spp. (182520)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia (Tarija) L. sp. (9107)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (GanSu) L. sp. (8568)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina L. sp. (8783)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (QingHai) L. sp. (8687)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia (Avilés) L. sp. (9104)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (XinJiang) L. sp. (20806)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Sweden L. sp. (3247)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Argentina (La Rioja) L. suriensis (116141 116142 116143 116144)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Sweden L. sp. (192904)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway (Oslo-Asker) L. sp. (366)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway (Oslo) L. sp. (163300 163307)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) L. portocki (8327 192503) L. sp. (3675 81274)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway (Baerum) L. sp. (163402)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway L. sp. (163020 163339 163365 163415)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) L. sp. (3666 3670 3671 3676 3681)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4Norway (Oslo-Asker Dist.) L. sp. (365)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4Norway (Asker) L. sp. (163378)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4Norway L. sp. (163364)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Norway L. sp. (163382)