Attenborolimulus Temporal range:
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Reconstruction | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Order: | Xiphosura |
Family: | † Austrolimulidae |
Genus: | †
Attenborolimulus Bicknell & Shcherbakov, 2021 |
Species: | †A. superspinosus
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Binomial name | |
†Attenborolimulus superspinosus Bicknell & Shcherbakov, 2021
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Attenborolimulus is an extinct genus of horseshoe crab with one known species: Attenborolimulus superspinosus. This genus is known from the Petropavlovka formation, dating to the Olenekian age (early Triassic), [1] and is named after David Attenborough for his work in conservation and science communication. [2]
Attenborolimulus Temporal range:
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---|---|
Reconstruction | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Order: | Xiphosura |
Family: | † Austrolimulidae |
Genus: | †
Attenborolimulus Bicknell & Shcherbakov, 2021 |
Species: | †A. superspinosus
|
Binomial name | |
†Attenborolimulus superspinosus Bicknell & Shcherbakov, 2021
|
Attenborolimulus is an extinct genus of horseshoe crab with one known species: Attenborolimulus superspinosus. This genus is known from the Petropavlovka formation, dating to the Olenekian age (early Triassic), [1] and is named after David Attenborough for his work in conservation and science communication. [2]