Xaniopyramis

Xaniopyramis
Temporal range: Early Carboniferous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: Xiphosura
Family: †Paleolimulidae
Genus: †Xaniopyramis
Siveter & Selden, 1987
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.

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Sources

  1. ↑ Selden, Paul A. (2007). "The origin of the limuloids". Lethaia. 20 (4): 383–392. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1987.tb02060.x.
  2. ↑ "Order Xiphosurida". Archived from the original on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2016-07-01.