Austrolimulus
Species of horseshoe crab relative
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Austrolimulus fletcheri is an extinct xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab. The holotype and only known specimen is from Middle Triassic-aged strata of Brookvale, New South Wales of Australia.[1]
| Austrolimulus Temporal range: Middle Triassic | |
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| Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Family: | †Austrolimulidae |
| Genus: | †Austrolimulus |
| Species: | †A. fletcheri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Austrolimulus fletcheri Riek, 1955 | |
