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Lecanopleura punctata

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Marjumiidae

Taxonomy
Lecanopleura punctata was named by Rasetti (1946) [Lecanopleura? punctata]. Its type specimen is Laval Univ. 1026 a-c and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is G-28 Grosse-Roches, Gaspé Peninsula, which is in a Marjumian carbonate limestone in the Grosses-Roches Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Lecanopleura punctata Rasetti p. 456 figs. Plate 69, figures 35, 36

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyMarjumiidaeKobayashi 1935
genusLecanopleuraRaymond 1937
speciespunctata

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.

†Lecanopleura punctata Rasetti 1946
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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-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:23:22
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:23:22
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Marjumian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Quebec) Lecanopleura punctata (type locality: 235503)