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Lunataspis gundersoni

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida

Taxonomy
Lunataspis gundersoni was named by Lamsdell et al. (2025). Its type specimen is UWGM 4087, a skeleton, and it is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Big Hill Lagerstatte, Stonington Peninsula, which is in a Richmondian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Big Hill Formation of Michigan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Lunataspis gundersoni Lamsdell et al. p. S3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
genusLunataspis
speciesgundersoni

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.

†Lunataspis gundersoni Lamsdell et al. 2025
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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: Richmondian or 449.60000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) Lunataspis gundersoni (type locality: 240958)