Liwiidae

Liwiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Stem-group: Chelicerata
Order: Nektaspida
Family: Liwiidae
Dzik et Lendzion, 1988
Genera
  • Buenaspis Budd, 1999
  • Liwia Dzik and Lendzion, 1988
  • Soomaspis Fortey & Theron, 1995
  • Tariccoia Hammann et al., 1990

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

Buenaspis (Buenaspis forteyi), Liwia (Liwia plana), Soomaspis (Soomaspis splendida), and Tariccoia (Tariccoia arrusensis).

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.  edit

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