Allolimulus Lamsdell 2020 (horseshoe crab)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Full reference: J. C. Lamsdell. 2020. The phylogeny and systematics of Xiphosura. PeerJ 8(e10431)

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

Sister taxa: Albalimulus, Casterolimulus, Guangyuanolimulus, Heterolimulus, Keuperlimulus, Limulinae, Limulitella, Limulus priscus, Mesolimulus, Sloveniolimulus, Tachypleinae, Tarracolimulus, Victalimulus, Volanalimulus, Yunnanolimulus

Subtaxa: Allolimulus woodwardi

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Doddington, near Wellingborough (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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