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Lonchodomas chaziensis

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Lonchodomas chaziensis was named by Shaw (1968) [Includes Lonchodomas halli (Billings) from Raymond (1905), Pl. 100, figs. 3-7 and Raymond (1910), Pl. 32, figs. 3-7]. Its type specimen is NYSM 12265, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Lonchodomas chaziensis Shaw p. 34 figs. Pl. 5, figs. 1, 14

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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)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
genusLonchodomasAngelin 1854
specieschaziensis

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.

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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
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-09 08:22:56
Modified: 2009-06-09 10:22:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Whiterockian or 470.00000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Lonchodomas chaziensis (172352)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Lonchodomas chaziensis (56184 56212 172226 172227 172232 172239 172321 172322 172323 172329 172331)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) Lonchodomas chaziensis (102998 103000 103001 103002 103004 103008 103009 103011 103012 103014)