Laudonia

Laudonia
Temporal range: late Lower Cambrian (Lower Olenellus-zone) 524–518.5 Ma [1]
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"Laudoniidae"
Subfamily:
"Laudoniinae"[2][3]
Genus:
Laudonia

Harrington, 1956
species
  • L. bispinata Harrington, 1956, (type)[2]
  • L. amputata Fritz, 1992[2]

Laudonia is an extinct genus of trilobites that lived during the early part of the Botomian stage,[1] which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period. There are currently two named species assigned to it.

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
  2. ^ a b c Lieberman, B. S. (1999). "Systematic Revision of the Olenelloidea (Trilobita, Cambrian)" (PDF). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 45.
  3. ^ Lieberman, B.S. (1998). "Cladistic Analysis of the Early Cambrian Olenelloid Trilobites" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology. 72 (1): 59–78. Bibcode:1998JPal...72...59L. doi:10.1017/S0022336000024021. S2CID 86307339.