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| Xaniopyramis Temporal range: Early Carboniferous | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Family: | †Paleolimulidae |
| Genus: | †Xaniopyramis Siveter & Selden, 1987[1] |
| Species: | †X. linseyi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Xaniopyramis linseyi Siveter & Selden, 1987 | |
Xaniopyramis is an extinct genus of xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab. It lived in the early Carboniferous.
Species
[edit]- Xaniopyramis linseyi Siveter and Selden, 1987[2]
Sources
[edit]- ↑ Selden, Paul A. (2007). "The origin of the limuloids". Lethaia. 20 (4): 383–392. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1987.tb02060.x.
- ↑ "Order Xiphosurida". Archived from the original on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
- Invertebrate Palaeontology & Evolution by Euan Neilson Kerr Clarkson
External links
[edit]- Xiphosura at Palaeos.com
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