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Ciurcalimulus discobolus

Xiphosura

Taxonomy
Ciurcalimulus discobolus was named by Lamsdell (2025). Its type specimen is YPM IP 548961, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Martin Marietta Kokomo Stone quarry, which is in a Ludfordian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Wabash Formation of Indiana. It is the type species of Ciurcalimulus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Ciurcalimulus discobolus Lamsdell p. 3 figs. 1, 2

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

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.

†Ciurcalimulus discobolus Lamsdell 2025
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektobenthicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-09-21 12:33:59
Modified: 2010-02-05 01:20:45
Source: c = class
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Ludfordian or 425.00000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7USA (Indiana) Ciurcalimulus discobolus (type locality: 14207)