Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae
Full reference: J. C. Lamsdell, J. N. Tashman, G. Pasini and A. Garassino. 2020. A new limulid (Chelicerata, Xiphosurida) from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) of Gara Sbaa, southeast Morocco. Cretaceous Research 106(104230)
Belongs to Mesolimulus according to R. D. C. Bicknell et al. 2021
See also Lamsdell 2020 and Lamsdell et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Mesolimulus crespelli, Mesolimulus sibiricus, Mesolimulus walchi
Type specimen: MSNM i26844, a carapace. Its type locality is Gara Sbaa (MSNM collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Akrabou Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gara Sbaa (MSNM collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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