Xaniopyramis
| Xaniopyramis Temporal range: early Carboniferous
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| Suborder: | Limulina
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| Family: | Moravuridae
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| Genus: | Xaniopyramis Siveter & Selden, 1987[1]
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Xaniopyramis is an extinct genus of xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab. It lived in the early Carboniferous.
Species
- X. linseyi Siveter and Selden, 1987[2]
Sources
- ^ 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
- Invertebrate Palaeontology & Evolution by Euan Neilson Kerr Clarkson
External links
- Xiphosura at Palaeos.com
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