Victalimulus mcqueeni Riek and Gill 1971 (horseshoe crab)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Full reference: E. F. Riek and E. D. Gill. 1971. A new xiphosuran genus from Lower Cretaceous freshwater sediments at Koonwarra, Victoria, Australia. Palaeontology 14(2):206-210

Belongs to Victalimulus according to R. D. C. Bicknell et al. 2021

See also Lamsdell 2016, Lamsdell 2020 and Riek and Gill 1971

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMV P22410-3, a carapace. Its type locality is NMVPL425, Koonwarra, which is in an Aptian pond claystone/siltstone in Australia.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at NMVPL425, Koonwarra

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