Merostomoidea

Merostomoidea
Temporal range: Cambrian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Chelicerata?
Class:
Merostomoidea

Størmer, 1944
Orders
  • Limulavida
  • Emeraldellida

Merostomoidea is a paraphyletic group of fossil arthropods. They have been described as a transitional form between trilobites and true chelicerates.

Sources

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20101221002449/http://palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Arthropods/Arachnomorpha.html#Merostomoidea
Taxon identifiers
Merostomoidea


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