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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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