Archeolimulus

<i>Archeolimulus</i>

Archeolimulus

Species of horseshoe crab relative

Archeolimulus is a prehistoric arthropod that was described from the Czech Republic in rocks of Middle Ordovician age.[1] Although it was described as xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab, it is later considered as bradoriid instead.[2]

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References

  1. [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. [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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