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Heterolimulus gadeai

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Taxonomy
Heterolimulus gadeai was named by Vía Boada and Villalta (1966). It is a mold. Its type locality is Montral-Alcover quarries, which is in a Longobardian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Muschelkalk Formation of Spain.

It was recombined as Tachypleus gadeai by Lamsdell and McKenzie (2015), Dunlop et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Heterolimulus gadeai Vía Boada and Villalta p. 10 fig. 1,2
2015Tachypleus gadeai Lamsdell and McKenzie p. 682
2020Tachypleus gadeai Dunlop et al. p. 14
2020Heterolimulus gadeai Lamsdell p. 24
2021Heterolimulus gadeai Bicknell et al. p. 1526 fig. 3

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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)
familyLimulidaeLeach 1819
genusHeterolimulus
speciesgadeai

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.

Heterolimulus gadeai Vía Boada and Villalta 1966
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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: Bambach et al. 2007, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Longobardian or 239.48000 to 237.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Spain (Tarragona) Heterolimulus gadeai (type locality: 109710)