Laudonia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: †Trilobitomorpha
Classis: Trilobita
Ordo: Redlichiida
Subordo: Olenellina
Superfamilia: Olenelloidea

Familia: Olenellidae
Subfamilia: Laudoniinae
Genus: Laudonia
Species:
Name

Laudonia Harrington, 1956: J. Paleont. 30: 60.
References

Webster, M.; Bohach, L.L. 2014: Systematic revision of the trilobite genera Laudonia and Lochmanolenellus (Olenelloidea) from the lower Dyeran (Cambrian Series 2) of western Laurentia. Zootaxa 3824(1): 1–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3824.1.1 Reference page.

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.
Distribution

L. bispinata has been collected from the Early Cambrian of Alberta (Lower Olenellus zone, Mural Formation, Mumm Peak Section, immediately west of Mumm Peak and north of Mount Robson Provincial Park, near Mural Glacier) and of British Columbia (Cinnamon Peak-Whitehorn Mtn. Section: Dyeran) Canada.[4])
L. amputata is found in the Early Cambrian of Alberta (Lower Olenellus zone, Mural Formation, Mumm Peak Section, immediately west of Mumm Peak and north of Mount Robson Provincial Park, near Mural Glacier).[4]
Laudonia sp. is mentioned from the Lower Cambrian of the Caborca Region, Mexico (Puerto Blanco Formation, Cerro Rajon).[5]

References

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.
Lieberman, B. S. (1999). "Systematic Revision of the Olenelloidea (Trilobita, Cambrian)" (PDF). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 45.
Lieberman, B.S. (1998). "Cladistic Analysis of the Early Cambrian Olenelloid Trilobites" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology. 72 (1): 59–78. doi:10.1017/S0022336000024021.
W. H. Fritz. 1992. Walcott's Lower Cambrian Olenellid trilobite collection 61k, Mount Robson Area, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 432 (432)1-66
J. Stewart, M. A. S. McMenamin, and J. M. Morales-Ramirez. 1984. Upper Proterozoic and Cambrian rocks in the Caborca Region, Sonora, Mexico - physical stratigraphy, biostratigraphy, paleocurrent studies, and regional relations. U. S. Geological Survey Professional Papers (1309)1-33