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Liwiinae

Nektaspidida - Naraoiidae

Taxonomy
Liwiidae was named by Dzik and Lendzion (1988).

It was reranked as the subfamily Liwiinae by Mayers et al. (2019).

It was assigned to Nektaspida by Budd (1999); and to Naraoiidae by Mayers et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Liwiidae Dzik and Lendzion
1999Liwiidae Budd
2019Liwiinae Mayers et al. p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Life
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
superclassTrilobitomorpha
orderNektaspidida(Raymond 1920)
familyNaraoiidaeWalcott 1912
subfamilyLiwiinae(Dzik and Lendzion 1988)
subfamilyLiwiinae(Dzik and Lendzion 1988)

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.

Subfm. †Liwiinae Dzik and Lendzion 1988
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G. †Liwia Dzik and Lendzion 1988
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Liwia convexa Lendzion 1975
Liwia plana Lendzion 1975
G. †Soomaspis Fortey and Theron 1995
G. †Tariccoia Hammann et al. 1990
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Tariccoia arrusensis Hammann et al. 1990
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. E. Budd 1999Nektaspids with more than one axial articulation.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-08-23 04:40:13
Modified: 2010-09-28 04:30:16
Source: f = family, o = order, p = phylum
References: Budd 1999, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Hirnantian or 520.00000 to 443.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian520.0 - 516.0Poland (Masovian Voivodeship) Liwia convexa (90599)
Atdabanian520.0 - 516.0Poland (Pomeranian Voivodeship) Liwia plana (90598)
Berounian460.9 - 449.5Italy (Sardinia) Tariccoia arrusensis (215899)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4South Africa Soomaspis splendida (26994)