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Liocnemis

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Pterygometopidae

Taxonomy
Liocnemis was named by Kielan (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-l O Ashg-m Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Eomonorachinae by Ludvigsen and Chatterton (1982); to Phacopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterygometopidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Liocnemis Kielan
1982Liocnemis Ludvigsen and Chatterton p. 2186
2002Liocnemis Jell and Adrain p. 398
2002Liocnemis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderPhacopinaStruve 1959
superfamilyPhacopoideaHupe 1953
familyPterygometopidaeReed 1905
subfamilyEomonorachinaePillet 1954
genusLiocnemisKielan 1960

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. †Liocnemis Kielan 1960
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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
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 18:42:15
Modified: 2009-12-19 04:28:20
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Fortey and Owens 1999, Hendy 2009

Age range: Rawtheyan or 448.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harju450.5 - 443.1Sweden L. sp. (378 379)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Sweden (Skåne) L. recurvis (153978 153979 153980)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) L. sp. (3666 3671 3676)