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Lancastria

Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae

Taxonomy
Lancastria was named by Kobayashi (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto-u Cm Tojo Sepkoski's reference number: 80]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Oryctocephalidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Corynexochida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Lancastria Kobayashi
1963Pseudolancastria Lee
1964Goldfieldia Palmer p. F7
1964Chienaspis Suvorova
1985Goldfieldia Zhang and Zhou
2002Lancastria Jell and Adrain p. 395
2002Chienaspis Sepkoski
2002Goldfieldia Sepkoski
2002Lancastria Sepkoski
2002Pseudolancastria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderCorynexochida
suborderCorynexochinaKobayashi 1935
familyOryctocephalidaeBeecher 1897
genusLancastriaKobayashi 1935

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. †Lancastria Kobayashi 1935
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Lancastria roddyi Resser and Howell 1938
Invalid names: Chienaspis Suvorova 1964 [synonym], Goldfieldia Palmer 1964 [synonym], Pseudolancastria Lee 1963 [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
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 12:00:46
Modified: 2009-02-26 14:00:46
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Dyeran to the top of the Middle Cambrian or 515.30000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nangaoian - Duyunian521.0 - 509.0China (Jiangsu) Goldfieldia kunshanensis (127385)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Pennsylvania) L. roddyi (192 225188)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (Nevada) Goldfieldia pacifica (96417)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Greenland L. plana (225140)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Greenland L. plana (193552 193553 193554 193555)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Antarctica Goldfieldia ninguis (154031)