Xaniopyramis
Genus of horseshoe crab relatives
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Xaniopyramis is an extinct genus of xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab. It lived in the early Carboniferous.
| Xaniopyramis Temporal range: Early Carboniferous | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Family: | †Paleolimulidae |
| Genus: | †Xaniopyramis Siveter & Selden, 1987[1] |
| Species: | †X. linseyi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Xaniopyramis linseyi Siveter & Selden, 1987 | |
Species
- Xaniopyramis linseyi Siveter and Selden, 1987[2]
