Xaniopyramis

Taxobox
name = "Xaniopyramis"
fossil_range=early Carboniferous


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Xiphosura
ordo = Xiphosurida
subordo=Limulina
familia=Moravuridae
genus = "Xaniopyramis"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=

"Xaniopyramis" is an extinct genus of xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab. It lived in the early Carboniferous.

ources

*"Invertebrate Palaeontology & Evolution" by Euan Neilson Kerr Clarkson

External links

* [http://www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Arthropods/Chelicerata/Merostomata/Xiphosura.html Xiphosura] at Palaeos.com