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Lonchodomas tumidus

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Ampyx tumidus was named by Forbes (1849). Its type specimen is GSM 35651 [lectotype selected by Whittington 1968], a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lonchodomas tumidus by Whittington (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Ampyx tumidus Forbes
1968Lonchodomas tumidus Whittington p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
genusLonchodomasAngelin 1854
speciestumidus(Forbes 1849)

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.

Lonchodomas tumidus Forbes 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-09 08:22:56
Modified: 2009-06-09 10:22:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009

Age range: Rawtheyan or 448.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Lonchodomas sp. (3675)