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Leiostegium (Euleiostegium) latilimbatum

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Leiostegiidae

Taxonomy
Leiostegium (Euleiostegium) latilimbatum was named by Zhou and Zhang (1978). It is the type species of Leiostegium (Euleiostegium).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Leiostegium (Euleiostegium) latilimbatum Zhou and Zhang

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderLeiostegiinaBradley 1925
superfamilyLeiostegioideaBradley 1925
familyLeiostegiidaeBradley 1925
genusLeiostegiumRaymond 1913
subgenusEuleiostegiumZhou and Zhan 1978
specieslatilimbatumZhou and Zhang 1978

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.

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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
Spines: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-10 08:32:32
Modified: 2009-06-10 10:32:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available