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Lemdadella spectabilis

Trilobita - Redlichiida - Redlichiidae

Taxonomy
Lemdadella spectabilis was named by Sdzuy (1978). Its type specimen is SMF 28571, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Lemdadella.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Lemdadella spectabilis Sdzuy pp. 92 - 93 figs. Plate 1, figures 10, 11; Figure 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderRedlichiidaRichter 1932
suborderRedlichiinaRichter 1932
superfamilyRedlichioideaPoulsen 1927
familyRedlichiidaePoulsen 1927
genusLemdadella
speciesspectabilis

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.

Lemdadella spectabilis Sdzuy 1978
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. Sdzuy 1978Glabella distinctly tapered towards front. Three pairs of moderately deep glabellar furrows, indistinctly bifurcated and the posterior ones nearly confluent. Width between anterior branches of suture slightly less than that between eye lobes. The latter thick and raised above cheeks, with well-defined ocular furrow and parafrontal band. Preglabellar field slightly wider (sag.) than border. Genal spine with broad base, of medium length. Surface with granules tending to a netlike arrangement, sharp subparallel lines on border.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: deposit feederf
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-09-21 20:19:08
Modified: 2012-08-27 07:43:23
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available