月盾鱟屬
月盾鱟屬(學名:Lunataspis)是已知的最古老的劍尾目動物。它最早由David Rudkin、Graham Young和Godfrey Nolan在2005年正式描述,發現它的加拿大馬尼托巴省北部礦床可追溯到大約4.45億年前的晚奧陶紀[1][2][3]。
月盾鱟屬 化石時期:
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科學分類 | |
界: | 動物界 Animalia |
門: | 節肢動物門 Arthropoda |
綱: | 肢口綱 Merostomata |
目: | 劍尾目 Xiphosura |
亞目: | 劍尾亞目 Xiphosurida |
屬: | †月盾鱟屬 Lunataspis Rudkin, Young & Nowlan, 2008 |
模式種 | |
曙光月盾鱟 Lunataspis aurora Rudkin, Young & Nowlan, 2008
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下屬物種
本屬包括以下物種:
- 曙光月盾鱟 Lunataspis aurora Rudkin, Young & Nowlan, 2008
- Lunataspis borealis Lamsdell, Isotalo, Rudkin & Martin, 2022[4]
參考資料
- ^ David M. Rudkin, Graham A. Young & Godfrey S. Nowlan. The oldest horseshoe crab: a new xiphosurid from Late Ordovician Konservat-Lagerstätten deposits, Manitoba, Canada (PDF). Palaeontology. 2008, 51 (1): 1–9 [2020-05-02]. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00746.x. (原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2020-07-09).
- ^ 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 (頁面存檔備份,存於互聯網檔案館) (PDF).
- ^ James C. Lamsdell, Phillip A. Isotalo, David M. Rudkin and Markus J. Martin. 2022. A New Species of the Ordovician Horseshoe Crab Lunataspis. Geological Magazine. First View, 1-5. DOI: 10.1017/S0016756822000875