Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae
Alternative combination: Tachypleus gadeai
Full reference: L. Vía Boada and J. F. Villalta. 1966. Heterolimulus gadeai nov. gen., nov. sp., representante de una nueva familia de Limulacea, en el Triásico español. Acta Geológica Hispánica 1:9-11
Belongs to Heterolimulus according to R. D. C. Bicknell et al. 2021
See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2020, Lamsdell and McKenzie 2015 and Vía Boada and Villalta 1966
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Montral-Alcover quarries, which is in a Longobardian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Muschelkalk Formation of Spain
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Montral-Alcover quarries
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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