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Loxonepea

Artiopoda - Nepeidae

Taxonomy
Loxonepea was named by Opik (1970) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm uMid Sepkoski's reference number: 16]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Trilobita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nepeidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Loxonepea Opik
2002Loxonepea Jell and Adrain p. 475
2002Loxonepea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyNepeidaeWhitehouse 1939
genusLoxonepeaOpik 1970

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. †Loxonepea Opik 1970
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-03 23:02:54
Modified: 2010-01-04 01:02:54
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available