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Title: | On Paleolimulus from the Mazon Creek Konservat-Lagerstätte | Contributor(s): | Bicknell, Russell D C (author) ; Naugolnykh, Serge V (author); McKenzie, Scott C (author) | Publication Date: | 2022-04-28 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.5852/cr-palevol2022v21a15 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/52095 | Abstract: | Sur Paleolimulus de la Konservat-Lagerstätte de Mazon Creek. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Comptes Rendus Palevol, 21(15), p. 303-322 | Publisher: | Elsevier Masson | Place of Publication: | France | ISSN: | 1777-571X 1631-0683 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 310306 Palaeoecology | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280107 Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | English Abstract: | Horseshoe crabs are extant chelicerates with a fossil record extending back to the Ordovician. Despite the documentation of their long evolutionary history, xiphosurids are rarely preserved within fossil assemblages due to their unmineralizedcuticular exoskeleton. However, in exceptional circumstances, an abundance of fossil xiphosurid specimens have been documented. The Moscovian-aged Mazon Creek Konservat-Lagerstätte represents one such fossil deposit with a high abundance and diversity of xiphosurids. Although fairly well known, the Paleolimulus specimens from the Mazon Creek have not yet been subject to a thorough taxonomic examination. In the light of recent efforts to organise Paleolimulus, we revisit this undescribed material, erect Paleolimulus mazonensis n. sp., and present a phylogenetic analysis that places P. mazonensis n. sp. as a sister taxon to P. signata (Beecher, 1904). The palaeoecology and possible ontogeny of P. mazonensis n. sp. are presented, as well as a statement on the future directions for understanding this xiphosurid genus. |
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