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Liomegalaspides blackwelderi

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus blackwelderi was named by Weller (1907).

It was recombined as Megalaspides blackwelderi by Chang and Jell (1983); it was recombined as Liomegalaspides blackwelderi by Turvey (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Asaphus blackwelderi Weller p. 56
1913Asaphus blackwelderi Weller p. 286 figs. pl. 26, figs 21–22
1983Megalaspides blackwelderi Chang and Jell p. 198 figs. 3a, c–g, 4j, 5e, ?fig. 3b, h, non fig. 3i [¼ Liomegalaspides asiaticus]
2007Liomegalaspides blackwelderi Turvey pp. 360 - 362

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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
speciesblackwelderi(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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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Dapingian or 471.30000 to 469.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0China (Hubei) Liomegalaspides blackwelderi (116196 116198 116199)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0China (Shaanxi) Liomegalaspides blackwelderi (116182)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4China (Hubei) Liomegalaspides blackwelderi (116200)