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Lauzonella planifrons

Trilobita - Olenida - Idahoiidae

Taxonomy
Dikelocephalus planifrons was named by Billings (1860). Its type specimen is Nat. Mus. Canada, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Lauzonella.

It was recombined as Anomocarella planifrons by Walcott (1914); it was recombined as Lauzonella planifrons by Rasetti (1944).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Dikelocephalus planifrons Billings p. 243
1914Anomocarella planifrons Walcott
1944Lauzonella planifrons Rasetti p. 244

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOlenida
familyIdahoiidaeLochman 1956
genusLauzonella
speciesplanifrons(Billings 1860)

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.

Lauzonella planifrons Billings 1860
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:59:57
Modified: 2009-12-14 01:02:31
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Trempealeauan or 490.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Quebec) Lauzonella planifrons (224138)