Vaderlimulus Lerner et al. 2017 (arthropod)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Austrolimulidae

Full reference: A. J. Lerner, S. G. Lucas, and M. Lockley. 2017. First fossil horseshoe crab (Xiphosurida) from the Triassic of North America. Neues Jarbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 286:289-302

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

See also Dunlop et al. 2020 and Lerner et al. 2017

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

Subtaxa: Vaderlimulus tricki

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Type: Vaderlimulus tricki

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at UCM L-676, Paris Canyon (Triassic of Idaho)

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