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Levisaspis

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Norwoodiidae

Taxonomy
Levisaspis was named by Rasetti (1943) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Norwoodiidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); and to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Levisaspis Rasetti
2002Levisaspis Jell and Adrain p. 397
2002Levisaspis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyNorwoodiidaeWalcott 1916
genusLevisaspisRasetti 1943

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. †Levisaspis Rasetti 1943
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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: suspension feederf
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2010-01-03 22:45:10
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:27:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Tremadocian or 486.50000 to 477.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Argentina L. sp. (115455 115457)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) L. sp. (78091)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) L. convexus (81290)