Casterolimulus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Casterolimulus kletti from the Fox Hills Formation | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Order: | Xiphosura |
Genus: | † Casterolimulus Holland, Erickson & O'Brien, 1975 |
Species: | †C. kletti |
Binomial name | |
†Casterolimulus kletti Holland, Erickson & O'Brien, 1975 |
Casterolimulus is an extinct genus of xiphosuran. [1] It is known from the Late Cretaceous Fox Hills Formation of North America, and is believed to have lived in freshwater environments. It belongs to the family Limulidae, and is considered a close relative of Victalimulus, which is from the Early Cretaceous of Australia. [2]