†Lunataspis Rudkin et al. 2008 (arthropod)
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Full reference: D. M. Rudkin, G. A. Young, and G. S. Nowlan. 2008. The oldest horseshoe crab: a new xiphosurid from Late Ordovician Konservat-Lagerstätten deposits, Manitoba, Canada. Palaeontology 51:1-9
Parent taxon: Xiphosurida according to J. C. Lamsdell et al. 2025
See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016, Lamsdell 2020 and Rudkin et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Belinurina, Bellinurina, Limulina, Omoptilus, Omoptilus hispidus, Paleolimuloidea
Subtaxa: Lunataspis aurora Lunataspis gundersoni
Type: Lunataspis aurora
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (2: Manitoba collections), United States (1: Michigan)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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