Liwiidae

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Liwiidae
Temporal range: Cambrian–Ordovician
Tarricoia collectie Paul Hille.jpg
Tariccoia arrusensis, 21 mm, from Sardegna, Italy
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: Nektaspida
Family: Liwiidae
Dzik et Lendzion, 1988
Genera

See text.

Liwiidae is a family of nektaspid (stem-group chelicerate[1]) in the order Nektaspida. Below are the genera and species of this family:

  • Buenaspis forteyi Budd, 1999
  • Liwia Dzik and Lendzion, 1988
  • Liwia plana Lendzion, 1975
  • Liwia convexa Lendzion, 1975
  • Soomaspis splendida Fortey & Theron, 1995
  • Tariccoia arrusensis Hammann et al., 1990

References[]

  1. ^ Budd, G. E. (1999). "A nektaspid arthropod from the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet fauna, with a description of retrodeformation based on functional morphology". Palaeontology. 42: 99. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00064.


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