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Mesolimulus crespelli

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Taxonomy
Mesolimulus crespelli was named by Vía (1987). It is a mold. Its type locality is Montral-Alcover quarries, which is in a Longobardian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Muschelkalk Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Mesolimulus crespelli Vía p. 282 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-3; text-fig 1
2016Mesolimulus crespelli Lamsdell p. 184 fig. 1
2020Mesolimulus crispelli Lamsdell p. 25
2021Mesolimulus crespelli Bicknell et al. p. 1530 fig. 5E

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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)
familyLimulidaeLeach 1819
genusMesolimulus
speciescrespelli

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.

Mesolimulus crespelli Vía 1987
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Diagnosis
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