Austrolimulus

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]

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

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.
  • Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters by Donald R. Prothero and Carl Buell


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