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Liomegalaspides taningensis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus taningensis was named by Weller (1907).

It was recombined as Megalaspides taningensis by Turvey (2005); it was synonymized subjectively with Liomegalaspides blackwelderi by Turvey (2007); it was recombined as Liomegalaspides taningensis by Zhou and Zhou (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Asaphus taningensis Weller
1975Megalaspides similis Lu pp. 130 (326) figs. pl. 12, figs 11, 13–16, ?non fig. 12
2005Megalaspides taningensis Turvey p. 536
2009Liomegalaspides similes Wang et al.
2019Liomegalaspides taningensis Zhou and Zhou p. 156 figs. 4A-G, J-M

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyNobiliasaphinaeBalashova 1971
genusLiomegalaspidesLu and Chang 1974
speciestaningensis(Weller 1907)

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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Invalid names: Liomegalaspides similis Lu 1975 [synonym]
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: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Dapingian or 477.10000 to 469.40000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floian477.1 - 471.3China (Hubei) Liomegalaspides similes (203696) Liomegalaspides similis (203695) Liomegalaspides taningensis (221196 221197 221198 221199 221200 221201 221202 221203 221204 221206 221207 221209 221211 221215)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0China (Hubei) Megalaspides taningensis (116199)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4China (Hubei) Liomegalaspides taningensis (221220 221221 221223 221224) Megalaspides taningensis (116200)