Prosomapoda

Prosomapoda
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician – present, 467.3–0 Ma
Fossil of basal prosomapod Weinbergina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Clade:Euchelicerata
Clade:Prosomapoda
Lamsdell, 2013
Groups

Prosomapoda is a clade of chelicerates including the groups Xiphosura and Planaterga, as well as several basal stem-genera.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Lamsdell, James C. (2012-12-18). "Revised systematics of Palaeozoic 'horseshoe crabs' and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167 (1): 1–27. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00874.x. ISSN 0024-4082.


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