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Leichneyella

Artiopoda - Asaphida

Taxonomy
Leichneyella was named by Opik (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 16,482]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Anomocaridae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Anomocaroidea by Jago et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Leichneyella Opik
2002Leichneyella Jell and Adrain p. 396
2002Leichneyella Sepkoski
2004Leichneyella Jago et al. p. 47

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAnomocaroideaPoulsen 1927
genusLeichneyellaOpik 1967

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. †Leichneyella Opik 1967
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-10-11 08:22:09
Modified: 2020-06-15 15:27:39
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Boomerangian to the top of the Mindyallan or 500.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0Australia (Tasmania) L. sp. (69972)
Mindyallan499.0 - 497.0Australia (Queensland) L. sp. nov. A (77515)