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Allolimulus woodwardi

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Taxonomy
Limulus woodwardi was named by Watson (1909). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Doddington, near Wellingborough, which is in an Opalinum/Murchisonae marine sandstone in the Northampton Sand Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Allolimulus woodwardi by Lamsdell (2020); it was recombined as Mesolimulus woodwardi by Bicknell et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Limulus woodwardi Watson p. 16 fig. 1
2020Allolimulus woodwardi Lamsdell p. 23 fig. 5F
2021Mesolimulus woodwardi Bicknell et al. p. 1530 fig. 6

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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)
familyLimulidaeLeach 1819
genusAllolimulus
specieswoodwardi()

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.

Allolimulus woodwardi Watson 1909
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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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Opalinum to the top of the Murchisonae or 174.70000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Opalinum - Murchisonae174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (England) Limulus woodwardi (216791)