Tarracolimulus Romero and Vía 1977 (horseshoe crab)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Full reference: A. Romero and L. Vía. 1977. Tarracolimulus rieki, nov. gen., nov. sp., nuevo limúlido del Triásico de Montreal–Alcover (Tarragona). Cuadernos Geología Ibérica 4:239-246

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

See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016, Lamsdell 2020 and Romero and Vía 1977

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

Subtaxa: Tarracolimulus rieki

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Type: Tarracolimulus rieki

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Montral-Alcover quarries (Triassic of Spain)

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