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Psammolimulus

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Austrolimulidae

Taxonomy
Psammolimulus was named by Lange (1923) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Olen-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Psammolimulus gottingensis.

It was assigned to Mesolimulidae by Størmer (1952) and Størmer (1955); to Xiphosurida by Sepkoski (2002); to Limulidae by Bergström (1975) and Dunlop et al. (2020); and to Austrolimulidae by Lamsdell (2016) and Lamsdell (2020).

Species
P. gottingensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Psammolimulus Lange p. 163
1952Psammolimulus Størmer p. 638
1955Psammonlimulus Størmer p. 21
1975Psammolimulus Bergström p. 303
2002Psammolimulus Sepkoski
2016Psammolimulus Lamsdell p. 189
2020Psammolimulus Dunlop et al. p. 14
2020Psammolimulus 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
genusPsammolimulus

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.

G. †Psammolimulus Lange 1923
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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: Spathian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Germany P. gottingensis (169461 216874)