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Lycophron

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Lycophron was named by Fortey and Shergold (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: O l Sepkoski's reference number: ZR85]. It is not extant. Its type is Lycophron rex.

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

Species
L. freemani, L. rex (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Lycophron Fortey and Shergold p. 340
2002Lycophron Jell and Adrain pp. 401, 466
2002Lycophron Sepkoski

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

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. †Lycophron Fortey and Shergold 1984
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Lycophron freemani Laurie 2006
Lycophron rex Fortey and Shergold 1984
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 Arenig or 477.70000 to 466.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Australia (Northern Territory) L. rex (157055 157056 157077)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Australia (Queensland) L. rex (157054 157058 157060 157061 157063 157069 157070 157073) L. sp. (157053)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Australia (Northern Territory) L. freemani (210676)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Australia (Northern Territory) L. freemani (154170 210667 210677 210678 210679)