Archeolimulus
Archeolimulus is a prehistoric arthropod that was described from the Czech Republic in rocks of Middle Ordovician age.[1] Although it was described as xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab, it is later considered as bradoriid instead.[2]
| Archeolimulus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| (unranked): | Tactopoda |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Order: | †Bradoriida Chlupáč, 1963 |
| Genus: | †Archeolimulus Chlupáč, 1963 |
| Species: | †A. hanusi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Archeolimulus hanusi Chlupáč, 1963 | |
References
- J. Bergström (1968). "Eolimulus, a Lower Cambrian xiphosurid from Sweden". Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 90: 489–503.
- Lamsdell, James C. (2020-12-04). "The phylogeny and systematics of Xiphosura". PeerJ. 8: e10431. doi:10.7717/peerj.10431. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7720731.
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