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Liostracinidae

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Liostracinidae

Taxonomy
Liostracinidae was named by Raymond (1937). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Whittington et al. (1997); to Trinucleoidea by Adrain (2011); and to Trinucleida by Bignon et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Liostracinidae Raymond
1997Liostracinidae Whittington et al. p. 301
2011Liostracinidae Adrain p. 107
2020Liostracinidae Bignon et al. p. 1072

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyLiostracinidaeRaymond 1937
familyLiostracinidaeRaymond 1937

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.

Fm. †Liostracinidae Raymond 1937
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G. †Aplexura Rozova 1963
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Aplexura pulchella Rozova 1963
G. †Doremataspis Opik 1967
G. †Liostracina Monke 1903
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Liostracina bella Lin et al. 1983
Liostracina bilimbata Zhang 1983
Liostracina krausei Monke 1903
Liostracina tangwangzhaiensis Park et al. 2014
G. †Lynaspis Opik 1967
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
Vision: blindf
Created: 2010-01-25 00:17:59
Modified: 2010-02-26 06:31:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Payntonian or 500.50000 to 488.30000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0China Liostracina tangwangzhaiensis (228206)
Mayan504.5 - 499.5Russian Federation (Gorniy Altay Republic) Aplexura sp. (10175)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hunan) Liostracina bella (49182 49184 49185 49186 49190 107050 126329 126346 126348 126439 126442 126444) Liostracina taoyuanensis, Liostracina bella (128933)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Shanxi) Liostracina krausei (129812)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Henan) Liostracina krausei (129208)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0South Korea Liostracina bilimbata (152614 152627 152633 152635 152636 152637)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Shandong) Liostracina krausei (129897)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Jiangsu) Liostracina bella (127375 127377 127378 127381) Liostracina krausei (129925 129926)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Liaoning) Liostracina krausei (126815 129882 129884 129890 129892 129893 129894)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Yunnan) Liostracina sp. (219647)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Hebei) Liostracina krausei (129589)
Ayusokkanian499.5 - 497.0Kazakhstan Liostracina krausei (118244 118245)
Ensyan497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Aplexura pulchella (131072 131093 131094)
Maduan497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Aplexura pulchella (131071)
Sakian497.0 - 492.8Kazakhstan Aplexura sp. (118348 118369 118370 118372)
Payntonian489.5 - 488.3Australia (Northern Territory) Liostracina krausei (77426)