Yunnanolimulus luopingensis Zhang et al. 2009 (horseshoe crab)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Full reference: Q. Y. Zhang, S. X. Hu, C. Y. Zhou, T. Lu, and J. K. Bai. 2009. New occurrence of Xiphosura in China. Progress in Nature Science 19:1090-1093

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

See also Lamsdell 2020 and Zhang et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LPI-61299, a carapace. Its type locality is Dawazi, Luoping County (Chengdu Institute LPI/LPV coll), which is in a Pelsonian carbonate lime mudstone in the Guanling Formation of China.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dawazi, Luoping County (Chengdu Institute LPI/LPV coll)

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