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Slimonia dubia

Eurypterida - Slimoniidae

Taxonomy
Slimonia dubia was named by Laurie (1899). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Gutterford Burn Eurypterid bed, Pentland Hills, which is in a Telychian offshore sandstone in the Reservoir Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. boliviana, S. stylops
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2013-12-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Slimonia dubia Laurie p. 578 figs. Pl 1, figs 2,3
2013Slimonia dubia Dunlop et al. p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
orderEurypteridaHuxley 1857
suborderEurypterinaNovojilov 1962
infraorderDiploperculata
superfamilyPterygotoideaClarke and Ruedemann 1912
familySlimoniidaeNovojilov 1962
genusSlimoniaPage 1856
speciesdubia

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.

†Slimonia dubia Laurie 1899
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Created: 2004-09-24 08:12:58
Modified: 2010-02-05 01:21:51
Source: o = order
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Telychian or 438.60000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Slimonia dubia (26885)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Slimonia dubia (type locality: 153581)