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Dubbolimulus peetae

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Austrolimulidae

Taxonomy
Dubbolimulus peetae was named by Pickett (1984). Its type specimen is MM F27693/4, a carapace, and it is a mold. Its type locality is South of Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo, which is in an Anisian fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Napperby Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Paleolimulus peetae by Dunlop et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Dubbolimulus peetae Pickett p. 613 figs. Pl 55, figs 1,2; pl 56, figs 3,4; text-fig 2
2020Paleolimulus peetae Dunlop et al. p. 13
2020Dubbolimulus peetae Lamsdell p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
RankNameAuthor
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
suborderLimulinaRichter and Richter 1929
superfamilyLimuloidea(Leach 1819)
familyAustrolimulidae
genusDubbolimulus
speciespeetae

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.

Dubbolimulus peetae Pickett 1984
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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: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Australia (New South Wales) Dubbolimulus peetae (type locality: 216646)