Attenborolimulus Bicknell and Shcherbakov 2021 (arthropod)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Austrolimulidae

Full reference: R. D. C. Bicknell and D. E. Shcherbakov. 2021. New austrolimulid from Russia supports role of Early Triassic horseshoe crabs as opportunistic taxa. PeerJ 9(e11709)

Parent taxon: Austrolimulidae according to R. D. C. Bicknell and D. E. Shcherbakov 2021

Sister taxa: Austrolimulus, Batracholimulus, Boeotiaspis, Dubbolimulus, Franconiolimulus, Panduralimulus, Polonolimulus, Psammolimulus, Tasmaniolimulus, Vaderlimulus

Subtaxa: Attenborolimulus superspinosus

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Type: Attenborolimulus superspinosus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Petropavlovka III (PIN collection 5640) (Triassic of Russian Federation)

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