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Sclerophorata

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)327076https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=327076
Rankunranked clade (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Xiphosurida : Sclerophorata
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
-EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
-ProsomapodaLamsdell 2013
classXiphosura
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
-PlanatergaLamsdell 2013
-DekatriataLamsdell 2013
-SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sclerophorataunranked cladebelongs to Dekatriatastated with evidenceLamsdell, 2013
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3,689
Extant Size (PBDB)777 (21%)
First Recorded Appearance461 - 458 Ma
Ordovician
Motilityactively mobile (based on Xiphosura)
Visionlimited (based on Xiphosurida)
Dietcarnivore (based on Xiphosura)
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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Arachnida
class
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
3,515439 Ma
Silurian
0 Ma
Extant
Eurypterida ✝
order
listed (PBDB)Eurypterid466461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
290 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2011Sclerophorata Kamenz et al.
2013Sclerophorata Lamsdell p. 20

References

Lamsdell J. C. (2013) Revised systematics of Palaeozoic 'horseshoe crabs' and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 167, 1-27
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!
 
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