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Levisella affinis

Trilobita - Olenida - Loganellidae

Taxonomy
Dikelocephalus affinis was named by Billings (1865). Its type specimen is Nat. Mus. Canada 891, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Platycolpus affinis by Walcott (1914); it was recombined as Levisella affinis by Ulrich (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Dikelocephalus affinis Billings
1914Platycolpus affinis Walcott
1930Levisella affinis Ulrich

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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
familyLoganellidaeRasetti 1959
genusLevisellaUlrich 1930
speciesaffinis(Billings 1865)

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.

†Levisella affinis Billings 1865
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-02-29 09:07:31
Modified: 2016-06-02 12:44:28
Source: c = class
Reference: 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) Levisella affinis (224139)