Crenatolimulus darwini Kin and Błażejowski 2014 (horseshoe crab)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Alternative combination: Limulus darwini

Full reference: A. Kin and B. Błażejowski. 2014. The horseshoe crab of the genus Limulus: living fossil or stabilomorph?. PLoS One 9(e108036)

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

See also Kin and Błażejowski 2014 and Lamsdell 2020

Sister taxon: Crenatolimulus paluxyensis

Type specimen: ZPAL X.1/O-B/XA 1, a carapace

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Owadów‐Brzezinki quarry, Corbulomima horizon (Unit III) (Jurassic of Poland)

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