Lunataspis aurora Rudkin et al. 2008 (arthropod)

Xiphosura

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

Belongs to Lunataspis according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020

See also Rudkin et al. 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MM I-4000A, a carapace. Its type locality is Airport Cove, which is in a Katian peritidal dolomite in Canada.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Manitoba collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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