Austrolimulus

Taxobox
name = "Austrolimulus"
fossil_range=Middle Triassic


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

"Austrolimulus" is an extinct genus of xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab. It lived in the Middle Triassic.

ources

*"Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters" by Donald R. Prothero and Carl Buell

External links

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