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Paleolimulus signatus

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Paleolimulidae

Taxonomy
Prestwichia signata was named by Beecher (1904). Its type specimen is USNM 483405 and is a mold. Its type locality is Stockdale Recreation Area, Tuttle Creek Lake, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Fort Riley Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Paleolimulus signatus by Babcock and Merriam (2000), Babcock et al. (2000), Lamsdell (2016), Lamsdell (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Prestwichia signata Beecher p. 24 fig. 1
1923Paleolimulus avitus Dunbar p. 444 figs. 1-6
1944Paleolimulus avitus Raymond p. 505 figs. Pl 1; pl 2, figs 1-3
2000Paleolimulus signatus Babcock and Merriam p. 88 fig. 6
2016Paleolimulus signatus Lamsdell p. 188
2020Paleolimulus signatus Lamsdell p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
RankNameAuthor
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
suborderLimulinaRichter and Richter 1929
familyPaleolimulidae
genusPaleolimulus
speciessignatus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Paleolimulus signatus Beecher 1904
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Invalid names: Paleolimulus avitus Dunbar 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektobenthicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:13:59
Modified: 2010-02-22 02:35:37
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Artinskian or 303.70000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Paleolimulus signatus (120926 216069)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) Paleolimulus signatus (88498)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Kansas) Paleolimulus avitus (111217 111219) Prestwichia signata (type locality: 101726)