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Tachypleus syriacus

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Taxonomy
Limulus syriacus was named by Woodward (1879). It is a mold. Its type locality is Hakel (Lewis collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal carbonate in Lebanon.

It was recombined as Tachypleus syriacus by Lamsdell and McKenzie (2015), Lamsdell (2020), Bicknell et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Limulus syriacus Woodward p. 555 figs. Pl 26, fig 6
2015Tachypleus syriacus Lamsdell and McKenzie p. 682 figs. 1, 2, 4a, 5, 6
2020Tachypleus syriacus Lamsdell p. 26
2021Tachypleus syriacus Bicknell et al. p. 1544 figs. 16A, F-H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
suborderLimulinaRichter and Richter 1929
superfamilyLimuloidea(Leach 1819)
familyLimulidaeLeach 1819
subfamilyTachypleinaePocock 1902
genusTachypleusLeach 1819
speciessyriacus()

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.

Tachypleus syriacus Woodward 1879
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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: Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon Limulus syriacus (type locality: 216596) Tachypleus syriacus (60311 212873)