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Tachypleus decheni

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Taxonomy
Limulus decheni was named by Zinken (1862). Its type specimen is GIE1863.1a.MLU, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schortau, near Teuchern, which is in a Priabonian foreshore sandstone in the Borna Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Tachypleus decheni by Lamsdell and McKenzie (2015), Lamsdell (2020) and Bicknell et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Limulus decheni Zinken p. 331
2015Tachypleus decheni Lamsdell and McKenzie p. 682
2020Tachypleus decheni Lamsdell p. 26
2021Tachypleus decheni Bicknell et al. p. 1544 fig. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
—Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
suborderLimulinaRichter and Richter 1929
superfamilyLimuloidea(Leach 1819)
familyLimulidaeLeach 1819
subfamilyTachypleinaePocock 1902
genusTachypleusLeach 1819
speciesdecheni()

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.

†Tachypleus decheni Zinken 1862
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Diagnosis
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