Austrolimulus Riek 1955 (arthropod)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Austrolimulidae

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: Austrolimulidae according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020

See also Bergström 1975, Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016 and Riek 1955

Sister taxa: Attenborolimulus, Batracholimulus, Boeotiaspis, Dubbolimulus, Franconiolimulus, Panduralimulus, Psammolimulus, Tasmaniolimulus, Vaderlimulus

Subtaxa: Austrolimulus fletcheri

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Type: Austrolimulus fletcheri

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Beacon Hill Quarry (AM collection) (Triassic of Australia)

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