Sloveniolimulus Bicknell et al. 2019 (horseshoe crab)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Full reference: R. D. C. Bicknell, J. Žalohar, P. Miklavc, B. Celarc, M. Križnar and T. Hitij. 2019. A new limulid genus from the Strelovec Formation (Middle Triassic, Anisian) of northern Slovenia. Geological Magazine 156:2017-2030

Parent taxon: Limulidae according to R. D. C. Bicknell et al. 2021

See also Bicknell et al. 2019, Dunlop et al. 2020 and Lamsdell 2020

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

Subtaxa: Sloveniolimulus rudkini

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Slatinski Plaz section S1, unit 2 (Triassic of Slovenia)

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