Extinct arthropod genus
Maldybulakia Temporal range:
Pridoli–Frasnian
Multiple species of Maldybulakia , M. malcomi (B), M. angusi (C), M. mirabilis (D).
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
incertae sedis
Genus:
† Maldybulakia Tesakov & Alekseev, 1998
Species
M. mirabilis Tesakov & Alekseev, 1992 (type )
M. angusi Edgecombe, 1998
M. malcomi Edgecombe, 1998
M. saierensis Zong et al ., 2023
Synonyms
Lophodesmus Tesakov & Alekseev, 1992
Maldybulakia is a genus of freshwater arthropod which lived during Late Silurian to Late Devonian .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Maldybulakia is known from three species , M. angusi and M. malcolmi from Australia, M. mirabilis from Kazakhstan , and M. saierensis from China . Its classification is uncertain, it was originally described as a myriapod -like animal, and later considered related to the xiphosurans , or an artiopod .[ 4] [ 3] [ 5]
^ Edgecombe, Gregory D. (1998-11-25). "Early myriapodous arthropods from Australia: Maldybulakia from the Devonian of New South Wales" . Records of the Australian Museum . 50 (3): 293–313. doi :10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1288 .
^ Tesakov, A.S.; Alexeev, A.S. (1992). "Myriapod-like arthropodes in the lower Devonian of the central Khazakhstan" (PDF) . Paleontological Journal . 26 : 18–23.
^ a b Zong, Ruiwen; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Liu, Bingcai; Wang, Yi; Yin, Jiayi; Ma, Juan; Xu, Honghe (2023). Cherns, Lesley (ed.). "Silurian freshwater arthropod from northwest China" . Papers in Palaeontology . 9 (2): e1488. doi :10.1002/spp2.1488 . ISSN 2056-2799 . S2CID 257843305 .
^ Lamsdell, James C. (2013-01-01). "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 . S2CID 82434358 .
^ Lamsdell, James C. (2020-09-01). "A chasmataspidid affinity for the putative xiphosuran Kiaeria Størmer, 1934" . PalZ . 94 (3): 449–453. doi :10.1007/s12542-019-00493-8 . ISSN 1867-6812 . S2CID 207914022 .