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

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

  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. [1]
  • Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters by Donald R. Prothero and Carl Buell


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