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Laudoniinae

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Laudoniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Laudoniinae Palmer and Repina p. 24
1998Laudoniinae Lieberman p. 71
1999Laudoniinae Lieberman p. 89

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderOlenellina
superfamilyOlenelloidea
familyLaudoniidae
subfamilyLaudoniinae
subfamilyLaudoniinae

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.

Subfm. †Laudoniinae Palmer and Repina 1993
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G. †Laudonia Harrington 1956
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Laudonia amputata Fritz 1992
Laudonia bispinata Harrington 1956
Laudonia prima Lochman 1952
G. †Mummaspis
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Mummaspis delgadoae Gapp and Lieberman 2014
Mummaspis macer Resser and Howell 1938
Mummaspis muralensis Fritz 1992
Mummaspis occidens Walcott 1913
G. †Olenelloides Peach 1894
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Olenelloides armatus Peach 1894
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Palmer and L. N. Repina 1993Olenellidae with cephalon subquadrate to subhexagonal in outline. Genal spine strongly advanced, originating anterior to Si. Intergenal spine strongly devel- oped in adult at posterolateral corner of cephalon. Trans- verse width of anterior part of Li nearly equal to occipital ring. Thorax has third segment weakly macropleural; fifteenth segment lacks axial spine. Opisthothorax not clearly differentiated. Pygidium small, bilobate.
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: deposit feedero
Created: 2009-09-21 20:18:56
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:43:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Montezuman to the top of the Dyeran or 520.00000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0USA (Nevada) Laudonia sp. (204030 204031)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Laudonia sp. (156170)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Canada (Northern Territories) Mummaspis delgadoae (228646 228647)
Montezuman520.0 - 515.3Mexico Laudonia sp. (10682)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Nevada) Laudonia sp. (204015)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (British Columbia) Laudonia bispinata (10862)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Alberta) Laudonia bispinata, Mummaspis occidens, Olenellus truncatooculatus, Mummaspis oblisooculatus, Olenellus muralensis, Laudonia amputata (10867) Laudonia bispinata, Olenellus truncatooculatus (10882) Mummaspis oblisooculatus (10883 10884) Mummaspis occidens (10876)