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Laudonia amputata

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Laudoniidae

Taxonomy
Laudonia amputata was named by Fritz (1992). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 61k, Mumm Peak Section, which is in a Dyeran marine horizon in the Mural Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Laudonia amputata Fritz p. 26 figs. pl. 11, figs. 1–5, pl. 12, figs. 1–3, text fig. 6d
1999Laudonia amputata Lieberman p. 115

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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
genusLaudonia
speciesamputataFritz 1992

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.

†Laudonia amputata Fritz 1992
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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: deposit feedero
Created: 2009-09-21 20:18:56
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:43:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Dyeran or 515.30000 to 511.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Canada (Alberta) Laudonia amputata (type locality: 10867)