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Lemureops kilbeyi

Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae

Taxonomy
Lemureops kilbeyi was named by McAdams and Adrain (2009). Its type specimen is SUI 110162, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a cast. Its type locality is H-191.7, which is in a Blackhillsian open shallow subtidal packstone/wackestone in the Fillmore Limestone Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Lemureops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Lemureops kilbeyi McAdams and Adrain p. 499

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderPhacopidaSalter 1864
suborderCheirurinaHarrington and Leanza 1957
familyPliomeridaeRaymond 1913
genusLemureops
specieskilbeyi

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.

Lemureops kilbeyi McAdams and Adrain 2009
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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 18:29:43
Modified: 2009-12-16 01:33:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Blackhillsian or 475.30000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) Lemureops kilbeyi (type locality: 228275 228276 228277)