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Lachnostoma

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Lachnostoma was named by Ross (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l Sepkoski's reference number: 795]. Its type is Lachnostoma latucelsum.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002) and Fortey and Bruton (2013).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Lachnostoma Ross p. 94
2002Lachnostoma Jell and Adrain p. 395
2002Lachnostoma Sepkoski
2013Lachnostoma Fortey and Bruton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusLachnostoma

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. †Lachnostoma Ross 1951
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Lachnostoma disputa Fortey 1975
Lachnostoma platypyga Fortey and Bruton 2013
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: minorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959)g
Created: 2009-06-08 11:32:06
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:32:06
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Arenigian or 478.60000 to 468.10000 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0Norway (Spitsbergen) Paraptychopyge disputa (106470 106471)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Alberta) L. latucelsum (10904 10908 10909 10910 10911 10916 10917 10919 10920 10921 10922 10923 10924 10925 10926 10927 10928 10930 10932 10935 10936 10937 10938)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (Utah) L. latucelsum (77844 77845)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Utah) L. sp. (104062)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1USA (Utah) L. sp. (64555 64558)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0USA (Nevada) L. sp. (60037 60038 64601)
Blackhillsian - Rangerian474.9 - 470.3USA (Nevada) L. latucelsum (104356)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Utah) L. latucelsum (63839 63840 63842 63843 63848 63926 63927 63928 63929 103831 103917 104262 104264 104265 104266) L. sp. (295) L. sp., L. latucelsum (63846)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (California) L. disputa (40732) L. sp. (104349)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0Norway (Spitsbergen) L. platypyga (189839)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Nevada) L. latucelsum (104301 104351 104353) L. sp. (77181 104402)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0Canada (British Columbia) L. sp. (111537)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3USA (Utah) L. latucelsum (104239)