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Paleolimuloidea (disused)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida

Taxonomy
Paleolimuloidea was named by Anderson and Selden (1997). Its type is Paleolimulus.

It was assigned to Limulina by Babcock et al. (2000), Dunlop et al. (2020); and to Xiphosurida by Bicknell et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Paleolimuloidea Anderson and Selden
2000Paleolimuloidea Babcock et al. p. 138
2020Paleolimuloidea Dunlop et al. p. 12
2022Paleolimuloidea Bicknell et al. p. 306

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
superfamilyPaleolimuloideaAnderson and Selden 1997
superfamilyPaleolimuloideaAnderson and Selden 1997

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.

Superfm. †Paleolimuloidea Anderson and Selden 1997
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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
Collections
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