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Lehua

Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Taxonomy
Lehua was named by Barton (1920) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 378,383,795]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cheiruridae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Lehua Barton
2002Lehua Jell and Adrain p. 396
2002Lehua Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyCheiruridaeHawle and Corda 1847
genusLehuaBarton 1920

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. †Lehua Barton 1920
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Lehua argus Whittington 1963
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: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2010-01-11 05:51:01
Modified: 2010-01-11 07:51:01
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Sandbian to the top of the Whiterockian or 458.40000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) L. argus (80054)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) L. argus (104752)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0United Kingdom (Scotland) L. sp. (208120)