Biology:Archeolimulus

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Short description: Species of horseshoe crab relative

Archeolimulus
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
(unranked): Tactopoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: Bradoriida
Chlupáč, 1963
Genus: Archeolimulus
Chlupáč, 1963
Species:
A. hanusi
Binomial name
Archeolimulus hanusi
Chlupáč, 1963

Archeolimulus is a prehistoric xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab. It is the only genus in the family Archeolimulidae, and was found in the Czech Republic in rocks of Middle Ordovician age.[1]

References

  1. J. Bergström (1968). "Eolimulus, a Lower Cambrian xiphosurid from Sweden". Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar 90: 489–503. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4785899 entry