Biology:Austrolimulus

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Short description: Species of horseshoe crab relative

Austrolimulus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Austrolimulus fletcheri.jpg
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: Xiphosura
Family: Austrolimulidae
Genus: Austrolimulus
Species:
A. fletcheri
Binomial name
Austrolimulus fletcheri
Riek, 1955

Austrolimulus fletcheri is an extinct xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab. The holotype and only known specimen is from Middle Triassic-aged strata of Brookvale, New South Wales of Australia .[1]

References

  1. Riek, E. F. "A NEW XIPHOSURAN FROM THE TRIASSIC SEDIMENTS AT BROOKVALE, NEW SOUTH WALES." Records of the Australian Museum 23 (1955): 281-282. [1]
  • Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters by Donald R. Prothero and Carl Buell

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4825667 entry