†Victalimulus mcqueeni Riek and Gill 1971 (horseshoe crab)
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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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