Archeolimulus

Archeolimulus is a prehistoric xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab. It is the only genus in the family Archeolimulidae, and was found in the Czech Republic in rocks of Middle Ordovician age.^[1]

Archeolimulus Temporal range: Middle Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	Xiphosura
Infraorder:	†Belinurina
Superfamily:	†Belinuracea
Family:	†Archeolimulidae 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.

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