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Keuperlimulus vicensis

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Taxonomy
Limulus vicensis was named by Bleicher (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vic-sur-Seille, which is in a Norian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Marnes irisées supérieures Formation of France.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Limulitella by Lamsdell (2016); it was recombined as Keuperlimulus vicensis by Lamsdell (2020); it was recombined as Limulitella vicensis by Hauschke and Wilde (1987), Bicknell et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Limulus vicensis Bleicher p. 121 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
1987Limulitella vicensis Hauschke and Wilde
2020Keuperlimulus vicensis Lamsdell p. 25 fig. 6D
2021Limulitella vicensis Bicknell et al. p. 1527 fig. 4A

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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
genusKeuperlimulus
speciesvicensis()

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.

Keuperlimulus vicensis Bleicher 1897
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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: Norian or 227.30000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7France Limulus vicensis (216436)