Austrolimulus
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| Austrolimulus Temporal range: Middle Triassic
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| File:Austrolimulus fletcheri.jpg | |
| Artist's reconstruction | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Family: | †Austrolimulidae |
| Genus: | †Austrolimulus |
| Species: | †A. fletcheri
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| Binomial name | |
| †Austrolimulus fletcheri Riek, 1955
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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
[edit | edit source]- Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters by Donald R. Prothero and Carl Buell
External links
[edit | edit source]- Xiphosura at Palaeos.com
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