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Llanoaspis

Artiopoda - Llanoaspididae

Taxonomy
Llanoaspis was named by Lochman (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l]. Its type is Llanoaspis modesta.

It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Llanoaspididae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species
L. convexifrons, L. modesta (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Llanoaspis Lochman p. 81
2002Llanoaspis Jell and Adrain p. 399
2002Llanoaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyLlanoaspididaeLochmann 1944
genusLlanoaspis

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. †Llanoaspis Lochman 1938
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Llanoaspis convexifrons Rasetti 1961
Llanoaspis modesta Lochman 1938
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-04 05:19:24
Modified: 2010-01-04 07:19:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Paibian or 500.50000 to 494.20000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Canada (Yukon) L. modesta (9874)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Texas) L. modesta (239884) L. pecularis (208726) L. peculiaris (208620 208675) L. undulata (208708 208754 208844)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0USA (Texas) L. modesta (208645 208646 208679 208681 208682 208755 208846) L. virginica (208850)
Paibian497.0 - 494.2USA (Texas) L. peculiaris (208657)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) L. modesta (55221)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Indiana) L. sp. (232)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Virginia) L. convexifrons (62201)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) L. undulata (7199 7201)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Utah) L. sp. (156480)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) L. sp. (77661)