Tasmaniolimulus Bicknell 2019 (arthropod)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Austrolimulidae

Full reference: R. D. C. Bicknell. 2019. Xiphosurid from the Upper Permian of Tasmania confirms Palaeozoic origin of Austrolimulidae. Palaeontologia Electronica 22(3):1-15

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

See also Bicknell 2019

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

Subtaxa: Tasmaniolimulus patersoni

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Type: Tasmaniolimulus patersoni

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 50 km west of Poatina (Triassic of Australia)

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