Biology:Tachypleus syriacus
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Short description: Species of horseshoe crab
| Tachypleus syriacus | |
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| NHMUK PI. OR. 59783, the holotype | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Family: | Limulidae |
| Genus: | Tachypleus |
| Species: | †T. syriacus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Tachypleus syriacus (Woodward, 1879)
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Tachypleus syriacus is an extinct species of horseshoe crab in the genus Tachypleus that lived in the Sannine Formation[1] of Lebanon during the Cenomanian[1] of the Late Cretaceous Epoch. It is one of two fossil species within the genus Tachypleus.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bicknell, Russell D. C.; Bazzi, Mohamad; Mehling, Carl; Rashkova, Anastasia; Pankowski, Madeline V.; Botton, Mark; Cuomo, Carmela (2 July 2024). "A unique example of the Late Cretaceous horseshoe crab Tachypleus syriacus preserves transitional bromalites". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 48 (3): 495–500. doi:10.1080/03115518.2024.2348748. Bibcode: 2024Alch...48..495B. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2024.2348748. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
Works cited
Wikidata ☰ Q135934963 entry
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