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Liomegalaspides major

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Ptychopyge major was named by Zhang (1981). Its type specimen is XTR 203, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Liomegalaspides major by Zhou et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Ptychopyge major Zhang
1998Liomegalaspides major Zhou et al. p. 708

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyNobiliasaphinaeBalashova 1971
genusLiomegalaspidesLu and Chang 1974
speciesmajor(Zhang 1981)

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.

Liomegalaspides major Zhang 1981
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Llanvirn to the top of the Arenig or 468.00000 to 466.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Xinjiang) Liomegalaspides major (170838 170839)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4China (Xinjiang) Liomegalaspides major (170840 170841 170842)