Attenborolimulus superspinosus 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)

Belongs to Attenborolimulus according to R. D. C. Bicknell and D. E. Shcherbakov 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 5640/220, a carapace. Its type locality is Petropavlovka III (PIN collection 5640), which is in a Spathian pond siltstone in the Petropavlovka Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Petropavlovka III (PIN collection 5640)

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