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Lophosaukia orientalis

Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae

Taxonomy
Prosaukia orientalis was named by Kobayashi (1933). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Lophosaukia orientalis by Shergold (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Prosaukia orientalis Kobayashi
1972Lophosaukia orientalis Shergold

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyDikelocephaloidea(Miller 1889)
familyDikelocephalidae(Miller 1889)
genusLophosaukia
speciesorientalis(Kobayashi 1933)

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.

Lophosaukia orientalis Kobayashi 1933
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-13 22:54:18
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:54:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Furongian or 497.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4South Korea Lophosaukia orientalis (232036 232037 232038)