Mesolimulus Størmer 1952 (horseshoe crab)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Full reference: L. Størmer. 1952. Phylogeny and taxonomy of fossil horseshoe crabs. Journal of Paleontology 26:630-640

Parent taxon: Limulidae according to R. D. C. Bicknell et al. 2021

See also Bergström 1975, Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016, Lamsdell 2020, Sepkoski 2002, Størmer 1952 and Størmer 1955

Sister taxa: Albalimulus, Allolimulus, Casterolimulus, Guangyuanolimulus, Heterolimulus, Keuperlimulus, Limulinae, Limulitella, Limulus priscus, Sloveniolimulus, Tachypleinae, Tarracolimulus, Victalimulus, Volanalimulus, Yunnanolimulus

Subtaxa: Mesolimulus crespelli Mesolimulus sibiricus Mesolimulus tafraoutensis Mesolimulus walchi

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Morocco (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Germany (7), the Russian Federation (1)

• Triassic of Spain (1)

Total: 10 collections including 14 occurrences

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