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Leonaspis spinicurva

Trilobita - Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae

Taxonomy
Leonaspis spinicurva was named by Chatterton et al. (2006). Its type specimen is UA 13426, an exoskeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zguilma section, Timrhanrhart Fm, Lower Bed, ZGEE1 , which is in an Emsian shallow subtidal mudstone in the Timrhanrhart Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Leonaspis spinicurva Chatterton et al. p. 61 figs. Pl. 52.4-52.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderOdontopleuridaWhittington 1959
familyOdontopleuridaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyOdontopleurinaeBurmeister 1843
genusLeonaspisRichter and Richter 1917
speciesspinicurva

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.

†Leonaspis spinicurva Chatterton et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available