Limulus darwini


Sugerowana cytacja: Kapuścińska A. 2015. Limulus darwini Kin, A., Błżejowski, B. 2014. Ikonoteka (http://ikonoteka.paleo.pan.pl/xwiki/bin/viewrev/Species/Limulus+darwini)

Diagnoza

Smaller than the type species, only up to 15% the size (although entirely represented by non-fully grown specimens, possible juveniles); absence of a median cardiac node (which is normally present in the type species); relatively long, narrow and moderately depressed shape of the occipital bands (instead of short, wide and shallow lobes in the type species); smaller size and more slender articular processes (instead of considerably larger and posteriorly expanded in the type species).

Porównanie

Autekologia

Występowanie geograficzne

Only locus typicus.

Zasięg czasowy

Only stratum typicum.

Materiały muzealne

Holotype - ZPAL X.1/O-B/XA 1, ZPAL X.1/O-B/XA 2 to XA 9, stored in the collections of the Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw (ZPAL X.1/O-B).

Literatura

KIN A. & BŁAŻEJOWSKI B. 2014. The Horseshoe Crab of the genus Limulus: living fossil or stabiliomorph? PLoS ONE 9(10): e108036.

Specyfikacja

Królestwo
ANIMALIA 

Typ
ARTHROPODA

Podtyp
CHELICERATA

Gromada
MEROSTOMATA

Rząd
Xiphosura

Rodzina
Limulidae

Rodzaj
Limulus

Gatunek
Limulus darwini

Synonimy

Populacja typowa gatunku

Holotyp

Locus typicus

Owadów-Brzezinki Quarry, close to Tomaszów Mazowiecki, central Poland, 51°22′34.53″N 20°08′07.86″E

Stratum typicum

Corbulomima horizon of unit III from Late Jurassic (upper Tithonian=Middle Volgian.


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