†Crenatolimulus Feldmann et al. 2011 (horseshoe crab)
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Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae
Full reference: R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer, B. Datillo and J. O. Farlow. 2011. Remarkable preservation of a new genus and species of limuline horseshoe crab from the Cretaceous of Texas, USA. Palaeontology 54:1337-1346
Parent taxon: Limulinae according to R. D. C. Bicknell et al. 2021
See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Feldmann et al. 2011, Lamsdell 2016 and Lamsdell 2020
Sister taxon: Limulus
Subtaxa: Crenatolimulus darwini Crenatolimulus paluxyensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Texas collection)
• Jurassic of Poland (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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