Prosomapoda

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Prosomapoda
Temporal range: Middle Ordovicianpresent, 467.3–0 Ma
Fossil of basal prosomapod Weinbergina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.