Liobole

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Clade:Artiopoda
Class:Trilobita
Order:Proetida
Liobole
Temporal range: 360–341 Ma Visian
Liobole glabra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Proetida
Family: Proetidae
Genus: Liobole
Richter and Richter, 1949
Species
  • Liobole galaxaura Hahn et al., 1996
  • Liobole glabroides (Richter & Richter, 1949)
  • Liobole liebsteinensis Hahn et al., 1996
  • Liobole peregrina Engel & Morris, 1980

Liobole is an extinct genus of lower Carboniferous proetid trilobite.

Liobole was described from material found in the Moravian Karst.[1] The species shown is from the lower carboniferous of SW England.[2]

Distribution

Liobole is found in the European Culm facies and has been collected from the lower Carboniferous across Europe for example from (Visian) deposits of SW England and (Tournaisian) of Poland and as far east as China.[3]

Taxonomy

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