Casterolimulus Explained

Casterolimulus is an extinct genus of xiphosuran.[1] It is known from the Late Cretaceous Fox Hills Formation of North America, and is believed to have lived in freshwater environments. It belongs to the family Limulidae, and is considered a close relative of Victalimulus, which is from the Early Cretaceous of Australia.[2]

Notes and References

  1. F. D. Holland Jr. . 1975 . Casterolimulus: a new late Cretaceous generic link in limulid lineage . Bulletins of American Paleontology . 67 . 287 . 235–246.
  2. Lamsdell . James C. . March 2021 . A new method for quantifying heterochrony in evolutionary lineages . Paleobiology . en . 47 . 2 . 363–384 . 10.1017/pab.2020.17 . 0094-8373. free .

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