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Lynaspis

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Liostracinidae

Taxonomy
Lynaspis was named by Opik (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 482]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Liostracinidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Lynaspis Opik
2002Lynaspis Jell and Adrain p. 401
2002Lynaspis Sepkoski

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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
genusLynaspisOpik 1967

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. †Lynaspis Opik 1967
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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: 2010-01-25 00:17:59
Modified: 2010-02-26 06:31:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available