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Leonaspis hoernesii

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Odontopleura hoernesii was named by Barrande (1846).

It was recombined as Leonaspis hoernesi by Chlupac (1983); it was recombined as Leonaspis hoernesii by Ramsköld and Chatterton (1991).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Odontopleura hoernesii Barrande
1847Odontopleura tenuispina Hawle and Corda
1983Leonaspis hoernesi Chlupac
1991Leonaspis hoernesii Ramsköld and Chatterton pp. 345, 365

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusLeonaspisRichter and Richter 1917
specieshoernesii(Barrande 1846)

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.

†Leonaspis hoernesii Barrande 1846
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Invalid names: Leonaspis tenuispina Hawle and Corda 1847 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-09 12:04:39
Modified: 2009-06-09 14:04:39
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Harrington et al. 1959, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 410.62000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Czech Republic (Barrandia) Leonaspis hoernesi (12183)
Early/Lower Emsian - Late/Upper Emsian410.62 - 393.47Czech Republic Leonaspis hoernesi (10462)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czech Republic (Barrandia) Leonaspis hoernesi (12112 12143)
Zlichovian410.62 - 393.47Czech Republic Leonaspis hoernesi (10460 10467)
Daleje - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Czech Republic Leonaspis hoernesi (10469)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany (Hessen) Leonaspis hoernesi (229648)