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Paleolimulus kunguricus

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Paleolimulidae

Taxonomy
Paleolimulus kunguricus was named by Naugolnykh (2017). Its type specimen is GIN PH-18, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kiselevo-Suksun highway, which is in a Kungurian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Shurtan Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Paleolimulus kunguricus Naugolnykh
2020Paleolimulus kunguricus Lamsdell p. 19

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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
familyPaleolimulidae
genusPaleolimulus
specieskunguricus

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 kunguricus Naugolnykh 2017
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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: Bambach et al. 2007, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation (Perm) Paleolimulus kunguricus (216639 216640 type locality: 216644)