Limulitella bronnii Schimper 1853 (horseshoe crab)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Alternative combinations: Limulitella bronni, Limulites bronni, Limulites bronnii

Synonym: Limulus sandbergeri Kirchner 1923

Full reference: W. P. Schimper. 1853. Paleontologica alsatica ou fragments paléontologiques des différents terrains stratifiés qui se recontrent en Alsace. Mémoires de la Société du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Strasbourg 4(HH):1-10

Belongs to Limulitella according to A. A. Klompmaker et al. 2022

See also Bicknell et al. 2021, Bill 1914, Gall 1971, Kirchner 1923, Lamsdell 2016, Lamsdell 2020, Schimper 1853 and Størmer 1952

Sister taxa: Limulitella henkeli, Limulitella liasokeuperinus, Limulitella tejraensis, Limulitella volgensis

Type specimens:

  • Limulitella bronnii: Its type locality is Wasselonne, which is in an Aegean delta plain sandstone in the Grès à Voltzia Formation of France
  • Limulus sandbergeri: Its type locality is Brückenau, which is in an Aegean fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in Germany.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of France (7 collections), Germany (1), the Netherlands (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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