月盾鲎属

月盾鲎属学名Lunataspis)是已知的最古老的剑尾目动物。它最早由David Rudkin、Graham Young和Godfrey Nolan在2005年正式描述,发现它的加拿大马尼托巴省北部矿床可追溯到大约4.45亿年前的晚奥陶纪[1][2][3]

月盾鲎属
化石时期:445 Ma
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 节肢动物门 Arthropoda
纲: 肢口纲 Merostomata
目: 剑尾目 Xiphosura
亚目: 剑尾亚目 Xiphosurida
属: 月盾鲎属 Lunataspis
Rudkin, Young & Nowlan, 2008
模式种
曙光月盾鲎
Lunataspis aurora

Rudkin, Young & Nowlan, 2008

下属物种

本属包括以下物种:

参考资料

  1. ^ 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. (原始内容存档 (PDF)于2020-07-09). 
  2. ^ Chliboyko, J. Crabby Ancestors, Canadian Geographic Magazine, April 2008, p. 25
  3. ^ 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页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) (PDF).
  4. ^ 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