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Lyriaspis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae

Taxonomy
Lyriaspis was named by Whitehouse (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid Sepkoski's reference number: 16]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Lyriaspis Whitehouse
2002Lyriaspis Jell and Adrain p. 401
2002Lyriaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyPtychopariidaeMatthew 1887
genusLyriaspisWhitehouse 1939

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. †Lyriaspis Whitehouse 1939
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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
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Surficial, fully-motile fast, surface deposit-feeder.g
Created: 2009-09-21 20:41:52
Modified: 2009-09-21 22:41:52
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the St Davids to the top of the Undillan or 506.50000 to 500.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Templetonian508.0 - 504.5Australia (Northern Territory) L. sigillum (75265)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0India (Jammu) L. spitiensis, L. sp. (46472)
Floran - Undillan504.5 - 500.5Antarctica L. antarctica (69505 69519)