Tachypleus

Tachypleus
Temporal range: 145–0 Ma

Late Jurassic to Present[1]

Tachypleus tridentatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Merostomata
Order: Xiphosura
Family: Limulidae
Genus: Tachypleus

Tachypleus is a genus of southeast and east Asian horseshoe crabs in the family Limulidae. This species of horseshoe crab diverged from the older versions approx. 145 mya.

Species

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Arthropoda entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
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