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Guangyuanolimulus shangsiensis

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Taxonomy
Guangyuanolimulus shangsiensis was named by Hu and Huang (2022). Its type specimen is CGS 33916, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shangsi Section, Bed 28, which is in a Griesbachian basinal (siliciclastic) claystone in the Feixianguan Formation of China. It is the type species of Guangyuanolimulus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Guangyuanolimulus shangsiensis Hu and Huang p. 2 figs. 2-4

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

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.

Guangyuanolimulus shangsiensis Hu and Huang 2022
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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: Griesbachian or 251.90200 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Sichuan) Guangyuanolimulus shangsiensis (type locality: 227012)