Lunataspis
Lunataspis Temporal range: Earliest Hirnantian
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Reconstruction of Lunataspis aurora | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Order: | Xiphosura |
Suborder: | Xiphosurida |
Genus: | †Lunataspis Rudkin, Young & Nowlan, 2008 |
Type species | |
†Lunataspis aurora Rudkin, Young & Nowlan, 2008
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Lunataspis is the oldest known xiphosuran. It was first formally described by David Rudkin, Graham Young and Godfrey Nolan, from fossils found in northern Manitoba, Canada in 2005; the deposit dates from the Late Ordovician, c. 445 million years ago.[1][2][3]
See also[]
- 2005 in paleontology
- 2008 in paleontology
- List of xiphosurans
References[]
- ^ David M. Rudkin, Graham A. Young & Godfrey S. Nowlan (2008). "The oldest horseshoe crab: a new xiphosurid from Late Ordovician Konservat-Lagerstätten deposits, Manitoba, Canada" (PDF). Palaeontology. 51 (1): 1–9. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00746.x.
- ^ Chliboyko, J. Crabby Ancestors, Canadian Geographic Magazine, April 2008, p. 25
- ^ Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2015. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at https://wsc.nmbe.ch, version 18.5 https://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils18.5.pdf (PDF).
Categories:
- Xiphosura
- Late Ordovician arthropods
- Ordovician animals of North America
- Ordovician Canada
- Fossil taxa described in 2008
- Prehistoric arthropod stubs