Limulitella tejraensis Błażejowski et al. 2017 (horseshoe crab)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Full reference: B. Błażejowski, G. Niedźwiedzki, K. Boukhalfa and M. Soussi. 2017. Limulitella tejraensis, a new species of limulid (Chelicerata, Xiphosura) from the Middle Triassic of southern Tunisia (Saharan Platform). Journal of Paleontology 91:960-967

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

See also Błażejowski et al. 2017 and Lamsdell 2020

Sister taxa: Limulitella bronnii, Limulitella henkeli, Limulitella liasokeuperinus, Limulitella volgensis

Type specimen: ZPAL V.46/101p, a carapace. Its type locality is Tejra Quarry, Medenine, Unit 1, which is in an Illyrian fluvial-lacustrine claystone/sandstone in the Ouled Chebbi Formation of Tunisia.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tejra Quarry, Medenine, Unit 1

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