Xaniopyramis

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
Class:
Xiphosura
Order:
Xiphosurida
Suborder:
Limulina
Family:
Moravuridae
Genus:
Xaniopyramis

Siveter & Selden, 1987[1]

Species
  1. X. linseyi Siveter and Selden, 1987[2]

Sources
  1. Selden, Paul A. (2007). "The origin of the limuloids". Lethaia. 20: 383–392. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1987.tb02060.x.
  2. Order Xiphosurida
  • Invertebrate Palaeontology & Evolution by Euan Neilson Kerr Clarkson


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