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Crenatolimulus darwini

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Taxonomy
Limulus darwini was named by Kin and Błażejowski (2014). Its type specimen is ZPAL X.1/O-B/XA 1, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Owadów‐Brzezinki quarry, Corbulomima horizon (Unit III), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Kcynia Formation of Poland.

It was recombined as Crenatolimulus darwini by Lamsdell (2020) and Bicknell et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Limulus darwini Kin and Błażejowski p. 4 fig. 2,3
2020Crenatolimulus darwini Lamsdell p. 24
2021Crenatolimulus darwini Bicknell et al. p. 1534 fig. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
suborderLimulinaRichter and Richter 1929
superfamilyLimuloidea(Leach 1819)
familyLimulidaeLeach 1819
subfamilyLimulinae(Leach 1819)
genusCrenatolimulus
speciesdarwini()

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.

Crenatolimulus darwini Kin and Błażejowski 2014
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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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: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Poland Limulus darwini (140049)