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Lonchodomas tenuis

Artiopoda - Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae

Taxonomy
Lonchodomas tenuis was named by Nielsen (1995). Its type specimen is MGUH 23.065 (S108), a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Skelbro quarry, Bed-21, which is in a Volkhov carbonate limestone in the Komstad Formation of Sweden.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Lonchodomas tenuis Nielsen pp. 358-361 figs. 257A-J

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderTrinucleida(Swinnerton 1915)
familyRaphiophoridaeAngelin 1854
genusLonchodomasAngelin 1854
speciestenuis

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.

Lonchodomas tenuis Nielsen 1995
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. T. Nielsen 1995Cranidium distinetly triangular in outline with only a short ( tr.) anterior border; glabella narrow ( tr.) , moderately inflated, with weakly impressed musde scars; convexity (exsag.) of fixigenae low; pygidium with slender (tr. ) axis, narrow, steep border and a restricted median arch; convexity overall low.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Spines: majorg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-09 08:22:56
Modified: 2009-06-09 10:22:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Volkhov or 471.30000 to 469.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Sweden (Bornholm) Lonchodomas tenuis (type locality: 173564 173625 173626)