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Liangshanocephalus

Trilobita - Isocolidae

Taxonomy
Liangshanocephalus was named by Chen (1975). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Isocolidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Liangshanocephalus Chen
2002Liangshanocephalus Jell and Adrain p. 397

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
familyIsocolidaeAngelin 1854
genusLiangshanocephalusChen 1975

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.

G. †Liangshanocephalus Chen 1975
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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
Vision: blindf
Created: 2010-01-04 12:55:47
Modified: 2010-01-04 14:55:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Longvillian to the top of the Onnian or 457.20000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longvillian457.2 - 455.0China (ShanXi) L. sp. (7885)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (ShanXi) L. sp. (7882)