Archeolimulus

Archeolimulus is a prehistoric xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab. It is the only genus in the family Archeolimulidae, and was found in the Czech Republic in rocks of Middle Ordovician age.[1]

Archeolimulus
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Order:
Xiphosura
Family:
Archeolimulidae

Chlupáč, 1963
Genus:
Archeolimulus

Chlupáč, 1963
Species:
A. hanusi
Binomial name
Archeolimulus hanusi
Chlupáč, 1963

References
  1. J. Bergström (1968). "Eolimulus, a Lower Cambrian xiphosurid from Sweden". Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 90: 489–503.


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