Limulitella liasokeuperinus Braun 1860 (horseshoe crab)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Alternative combinations: Limulitella liasokeuperensis, Limulus liasokeuperinus

Full reference: C. F. W. Braun. 1860. Die Thiere in den Pflanzenschiefern der Gegend von Bayreuth. Programm zum Jahresbericht der Königlichen Kreis-Landwirthschafts- und Gewerbschule zu Bayreuth für das Schuljahr 1859/60 1-11

Belongs to Limulitella according to R. D. C. Bicknell et al. 2021

See also Braun 1860 and Lamsdell 2020

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Teufelsgrabens, near Meyernberg, which is in a Hettangian fluvial-deltaic shale in Germany

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Teufelsgrabens, near Meyernberg

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