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Rolfeia fouldenensis

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Rolfeiidae

Taxonomy
Rolfeia fouldenensis was named by Waterston (1985). Its type specimen is RSMGY 1984.67.1 A, a carapace, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Foulden, 50 mm above horizon B, which is in an Ivorian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Rolfeia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Rolfeia fouldenensis Waterston
2016Rolfeia fouldenensis Lamsdell p. 184 fig. 1
2020Rolfeia fouldenensis Lamsdell p. 18 fig. 1M

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
RankNameAuthor
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
suborderLimulinaRichter and Richter 1929
familyRolfeiidae
genusRolfeia
speciesfouldenensis

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.

†Rolfeia fouldenensis Waterston 1985
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Diagnosis
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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: Ivorian or 353.70000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Rolfeia fouldenensis (type locality: 216788 216789 216790)