Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Alternative combination: Mesolimulus crispelli

Full reference: L. Vía. 1987. Artropodos fosiles Triasicos de Alcover-Montral II. Limulidos. Cuadernos Geología Ibérica 11:281-292

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

See also Lamsdell 2016, Lamsdell 2020 and Vía 1987

Sister taxa: Mesolimulus sibiricus, Mesolimulus tafraoutensis, Mesolimulus walchi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Montral-Alcover quarries, which is in a Longobardian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Muschelkalk Formation of Spain

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Montral-Alcover quarries

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.