Sloveniolimulus rudkini 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

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

See also Bicknell et al. 2019 and Lamsdell 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PMSL T-993, a carapace. Its type locality is Slatinski Plaz section S1, unit 2, which is in a Pelsonian slope lime mudstone in the Strelovec Formation of Slovenia.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Slatinski Plaz section S1, unit 2

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