Tachypleus

Tachypleus Temporal range: Cenomanian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Tachypleus tridentatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	Xiphosura
Family:	Limulidae
Genus:	Tachypleus (Leach, 1819)
Synonyms
HeterolimulusVia Boada & Villalta, 1966

Tachypleus is a genus of south, southeast and east Asian horseshoe crabs in the family Limulidae.

Species

There are two extant (living) species:

• Tachypleus gigas (Müller, 1785)
• Tachypleus tridentatus (Leach, 1819)

And two extinct species only known from fossil. ^[1]

• Tachypleus decheni (Zinken, 1862) Upper Eocene Domsen Sands, Germany
• Tachypleus syriacus (Woodward, 1879) Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Haqel and Hjoula Konservat-Lagerstatten, Lebanon

References

1. Bicknell, Russell D. C.; Błażejowski, Błażej; Wings, Oliver; Hitij, Tomaž; Botton, Mark L. (2021-03-02). Zhang, Xi-Guang (ed.). "Critical re-evaluation of Limulidae uncovers limited Limulus diversity" . Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (3): 1525–1556. Bibcode:2021PPal....7.1525B. doi:10.1002/spp2.1352. ISSN   2056-2799. S2CID   233783546.

External links

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