Guangyuanolimulus

Guangyuanolimulus; Temporal range: Changhsingian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	Xiphosura
Family:	Limulidae
Genus:	† Guangyuanolimulus
Species:	†G. shangsiensis
Binomial name
	†Guangyuanolimulus shangsiensis; Hu et. al., 2022

Last updated October 02, 2025

Guangyuanolimulus is an extinct genus of limulid xiphosuran that lived during the Permian-Triassic extinction event.

Distribution

Guangyuanolimulus shangsiensis fossils are known from South China.^[1]

References

↑ Hu, Shixue; Feldmann, Rodney M.; Schweitzer, Carrie E.; Benton, Michael James; Huang, Jinyuan; Wen, Wen; Min, Xiao; Zhang, Qiyue; Zhou, Changyong; Ma, Zhixin (15 September 2022). "A new horseshoe crab from the Permian-Triassic transition of South China: Xiphosurids as key components of post-extinction trophic webs" (PDF). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 602 111178. Bibcode:2022PPP...60211178H. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111178 . Retrieved 28 March 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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[1] Hu, Shixue; Feldmann, Rodney M.; Schweitzer, Carrie E.; Benton, Michael James; Huang, Jinyuan; Wen, Wen; Min, Xiao; Zhang, Qiyue; Zhou, Changyong; Ma, Zhixin (15 September 2022). "A new horseshoe crab from the Permian-Triassic transition of South China: Xiphosurids as key components of post-extinction trophic webs" (PDF). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 602 111178. Bibcode:2022PPP...60211178H. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111178 . Retrieved 28 March 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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