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Psammolimulus gottingensis

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Austrolimulidae

Taxonomy
Psammolimulus gottingensis was named by Lange (1923). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bremkertal, below Bremke, which is in a Spathian pond mudstone in the Solling Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Psammolimulus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Psammolimulus gottingensis Lange p. 163 figs. Pl 1 fig 1
1962Psammolimulus gottingensis Meischner p. 186 figs. Pl 19, figs 1-3; pl 20, figs 1-5; text-fig 1
2016Psammolimulus gottingensis Lamsdell p. 184 fig. 1
2020Psammolimulus gottingensis Lamsdell p. 22

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
RankNameAuthor
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
suborderLimulinaRichter and Richter 1929
superfamilyLimuloidea(Leach 1819)
familyAustrolimulidae
genusPsammolimulus
speciesgottingensis

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.

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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

Age range: Spathian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Germany Psammolimulus gottingensis (type locality: 169461 216874)