†Franconiolimulus pochankei Bicknell et al. 2021 (arthropod)
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Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Austrolimulidae
Full reference: R. D. C. Bicknell, A. Hecker, and A. M. Heyng. 2021. New horseshoe crab fossil from Germany demonstrates post-Triassic extinction of Austrolimulidae. Geological Magazine 158:1461-1471
Belongs to Franconiolimulus according to R. D. C. Bicknell et al. 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SSN 8PG35, a carapace. Its type locality is Pechgraben sand pit (PM Nierstein collection), which is in a Hettangian pond claystone in the Bayreuth Formation of Germany.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Pechgraben sand pit (PM Nierstein collection)
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