Archeolimulus is a prehistoric arthropod that was described from the Czech Republic in rocks of Middle Ordovician age.[1] Although it was described as xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab, it is later considered as bradoriid instead.[2]
| Archeolimulus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| (unranked): | Tactopoda |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Order: | †Bradoriida Chlupáč, 1963 |
| Genus: | †Archeolimulus Chlupáč, 1963 |
| Species: | †A. hanusi
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| †Archeolimulus hanusi Chlupáč, 1963
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References
edit- ^ J. Bergström (1968). "Eolimulus, a Lower Cambrian xiphosurid from Sweden". Geologiska Föreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar. 90 (4): 489–503. doi:10.1080/11035896809454937.
- ^ Lamsdell, James C. (2020-12-04). "The phylogeny and systematics of Xiphosura". PeerJ. 8: e10431. doi:10.7717/peerj.10431. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7720731. PMID 33335810.
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