Tachypleus Leach 1819 (horseshoe crab)
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Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae
Parent taxon: Tachypleinae according to R. D. C. Bicknell et al. 2021
See also Bergström 1975, Dunlop et al. 2012, Dunlop et al. 2020, Krzemiński et al. 2010, Lamsdell 2016, Lamsdell 2020, Novack-Gottshall and Plotnick 2021, Sepkoski 2002 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxon: Carcinoscorpius
Subtaxa: Tachypleus decheni Tachypleus gigas Tachypleus syriacus Tachypleus tridentatus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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