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Maldybulakia malcolmi

Xiphosura

Taxonomy
Maldybulakia malcolmi was named by Edgecombe (1998). Its type specimen is AM F.102533, an exoskeleton (articulated trunk), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Saltwater Creek Road, which is in a Givetian lacustrine mudstone in the Boyd Volcanic Complex Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Maldybulakia malcolmi Edgecombe p. 299 figs. 3-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
genusMaldybulakiaTesakov and Alekseev 1998
speciesmalcolmi

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.

†Maldybulakia malcolmi Edgecombe 1998
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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: Givetian or 387.70000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Australia (New South Wales) Maldybulakia malcolmi (type locality: 161258)