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Mesolimulus walchi DESMAREST, 1822
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Taxonomy
Horseshoe Crab
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Xiphosura Latreille, 1802
Order: Xiphosurida Latreille, 1802
Family: Limulidae Zittel, 1885
Genus: Mesolimulus
Species: Mesolimulus walchi
Author Citation DESMAREST, 1822
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Tithonian
Stratigraphy
Weissjura Group
Solnhofen Formation
Biostratigraphy
Hybonoticeras hybonotum Zone
Subplanites ruepellianus Zone
Provenance
Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 06/01/1987
Acquired by: Field Collection
Location
Solnhofen, Untere Haardt
Eichstätt
Bavaria
Germany
Comments
The horseshoe crab Mesolimulus walchi is reasonably common within the Solnhofen limestones. Ventral preservation.
Lit.:
Stunning Discovery: World’s Longest Fossilized ‘Death Track’
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