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Limulitella liasokeuperinus

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Taxonomy
Limulus liasokeuperinus was named by Braun (1860). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Teufelsgrabens, near Meyernberg, which is in a Hettangian fluvial-deltaic shale in Germany.

It was recombined as Limulitella liasokeuperensis by Lamsdell (2020); it was recombined as Limulitella liasokeuperinus by Bicknell et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Limulus liasokeuperinus Braun p. 5 fig. 1,2
2020Limulitella liasokeuperensis Lamsdell p. 21
2021Limulitella liasokeuperinus Bicknell et al. p. 1527 fig. 4D

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
RankNameAuthor
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
suborderLimulinaRichter and Richter 1929
superfamilyLimuloidea(Leach 1819)
familyLimulidaeLeach 1819
genusLimulitella
speciesliasokeuperinus()

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.

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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: Hettangian or 201.30000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Germany Limulus liasokeuperinus (type locality: 216441)