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Panduralimulus babcocki (horseshoe crab)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Austrolimulidae

Taxonomy
Panduralimulus babcocki was named by Allen and Feldmann (2005). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 520723, a carapace. Its type locality is Mabelle, 15 km NE of Seymour, Baylor County, which is in a Kungurian marginal marine shale in the Lueders Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Panduralimulus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Panduralimulus babcocki Allen and Feldmann p. 596 figs. figs. 3-5
2016Panduralimulus babcocki Lamsdell p. 184 fig. 1
2020Panduralimulus babcocki Lamsdell p. 22

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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)
familyAustrolimulidae
genusPanduralimulus
speciesbabcocki

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.

Panduralimulus babcocki Allen and Feldmann 2005 [horseshoe crab]
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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: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Panduralimulus babcocki (type locality: 100918)