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Archeolimulus

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Species of horseshoe crab relative

Archeolimulus
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 arthropod that was described from the Czech Republic in rocks of Middle Ordovician age. Although it was described as xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab, it is later considered as bradoriid instead.

References

  1. J. Bergström (1968). "Eolimulus, a Lower Cambrian xiphosurid from Sweden". Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 90 (4): 489–503. doi:10.1080/11035896809454937.
  2. Lamsdell, James C. (2020-12-04). "The phylogeny and systematics of Xiphosura". PeerJ. 8: e10431. doi:10.7717/peerj.10431. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7720731. PMID 33335810.

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Taxon identifiers
Archeolimulus
Archeolimulidae


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