Tachypleus syriacus
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| Tachypleus syriacus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) | |
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| NHMUK PI. OR. 59783, the holotype | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Merostomata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Family: | Limulidae |
| Genus: | Tachypleus |
| Species: | †T. syriacus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tachypleus syriacus (Woodward, 1879) | |
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Tachypleus syriacus is an extinct species of horseshoe crab in the genus Tachypleus that lived in the Sannine Formation[1] of Lebanon during the Cenomanian[1] of the Late Cretaceous Epoch. It is one of two fossil species within the genus Tachypleus.
