†family Austrolimulidae Riek 1955 (arthropod)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Austrolimulidae

Synonym: Dubbolimulidae Pickett 1984

Full reference: E. F. Riek. 1955. A new xiphosuran from the Triassic sediments at Brookvale, New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 23:281-282

Parent taxon: Limuloidea according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020

See also Bergström 1975, Dunlop et al. 2020 and Lamsdell 2016

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Attenborolimulus Austrolimulus Batracholimulus Boeotiaspis Dubbolimulus Franconiolimulus Panduralimulus Psammolimulus Tasmaniolimulus Vaderlimulus

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Type: Austrolimulus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (1 collection)

• Triassic of Australia (3), Germany (3), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Idaho)

• Permian of United States (1: Texas)

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Montana)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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