IRMNG taxon details
additional source
Rudkin, D. M.; Young, G. A.; Nowlan, G. S. (2008). The oldest horseshoe crab: a new xiphosurid from Late Ordovician Konservat-lagerstätten Deposits, Manitoba, Canada. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 51(1): 1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00746.x note: alternative taxonomic treatment, refer note [details]
additional source
Lamsdell, J. C. (2020). The phylogeny and systematics of Xiphosura. <em>PeerJ.</em> 8: e10431., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10431 note: treated as class [details]
taxonomy source
Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details]
name verified source
Rudkin, D. M.; Young, G. A.; Nowlan, G. S. (2008). The oldest horseshoe crab: a new xiphosurid from Late Ordovician Konservat-lagerstätten Deposits, Manitoba, Canada. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 51(1): 1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00746.x [details]
current name source
Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark Treated in IRMNG as a single order (Xiphosura) in class Merostomata, following Ruggiero et al., 2015. Other treatments (e.g. Rudkin et al., 2008, Lamsdell, 2020, and the Paleobiology DB, 2023 version) treat Xiphosura at class level, with a single order, Xiphosurida. [details]
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