Liobole Explained

Liobole is a lower Carboniferous proetid trilobite.

Etymology

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

Identified as proetid trilobite from the lower Visean Brezina formation by Chlupáč 1966.

External links

• Early Visean trilobites
• Atheloptic Visean Trilobite association

Notes and References

1. Chlupáč. I.. 1966 . The Upper Devonian and Lower Carboniferous trilobites of The Moravian Karst. Sbor. Geol. Věd, Ř.P.. 7. 1–143 .
2. Owens. R.M. . 1995. An atheloptic trilobite assemblage from the Carboniferous of North Devon . Geological Magazine . 132 . 6 . 713–728 . 10.1017/S0016756800018938 . 1995GeoM..132..713O . 129158199 .
3. Hahn. G. . 2005. Kulm trilobites (Lower Carboniferous) from S-China . Paläontologische Zeitschrift . 79 . 3 . 371–375 . 10.1007/BF02991929 . 2005PalZ...79..371H . 128582636 .