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Vaderlimulus tricki

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Austrolimulidae

Taxonomy
Vaderlimulus tricki was named by Lerner et al. (2017). Its type specimen is UCM 140.25, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCM L-676, Paris Canyon, which is in a Spathian marine siltstone in the Thaynes Formation of Idaho. It is the type species of Vaderlimulus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Vaderlimulus tricki Lerner et al. p. 291 figs. 2C,D, 3A-D, 4B, 5
2020Vaderlimulus tricki Lamsdell p. 22

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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
superfamilyLimuloidea(Leach 1819)
familyAustrolimulidae
genusVaderlimulus
speciestricki

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.

Vaderlimulus tricki Lerner et al. 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: Spathian or 248.10000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Idaho) Vaderlimulus tricki (type locality: 216605)