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Archeolimulus
Temporal range: Middle Ordovician
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Archeolimulidae

Chlupáč, 1963
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Archeolimulus

Chlupáč, 1963

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]

References

  1. ^ J. Bergström (1968). "Eolimulus, a Lower Cambrian xiphosurid from Sweden". Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 90: 489–503.