Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Full reference: R. D. C. Bicknell and S. Pates. 2019. Xiphosurid from the Tournaisian (Carboniferous) of Scotland confirms deep origin of Limuloidea. Scientific Reports 9

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

See also Bicknell and Pates 2019 and Lamsdell 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Whiteadder Water river, close to Crumble Edge, which is in a Tournaisian marginal marine shale in the Ballagan Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Whiteadder Water river, close to Crumble Edge

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.