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Prosomapoda
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| Rank | unranked clade (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Prosomapoda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3,800 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 786 (21%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 520 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. C. Lamsdell. 2013. Revised systematics of Palaeozoic 'horseshoe crabs' and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 167:1-27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Xiphosuraclass | listed (PBDB) | 4,064 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Bunodidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Borchgrevinkium ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Legrandella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Weinbergina ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1886 | Synziphosurina Packard |
| 1955 | Synziphosurina Størmer p. 14 |
| 2010 | Synziphosurina Krzemiński et al. p. 134 |
| 2013 | Prosomapoda Dunlop et al. p. 8 |
| 2013 | Prosomapoda Lamsdell p. 19 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
