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Lisania ✝
Description | Lisania is an extinct genus of ptychopariid trilobites, and is the type genus of the family Lisaniidae. It lived during the Cambrian Period, which lasted from approximately 542 to 488 million years ago. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisania, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Lisaniidae : Lisania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Lisania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 501 - 497 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | fast-moving (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Lisaniidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisania |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Lisania agonius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lisania ajax species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lisania alala species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lisania breviloba species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lisania bura species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lisania humilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lisania paratungjenensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 505 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
Lisania quadrilateralis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1911 | Lisania Walcott |
2002 | Lisania Jell and Adrain p. 399 |
2002 | Lisania Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!