Tasmaniolimulus
| Tasmaniolimulus Temporal range: Early Triassic,
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| The holotype specimen (catalogue number UTGD 123979) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Family: | †Austrolimulidae |
| Genus: | †Tasmaniolimulus Bicknell, 2019 |
| Species: | †T. patersoni
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| Binomial name | |
| †Tasmaniolimulus patersoni Bicknell, 2019
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Tasmaniolimulus patersoni is an extinct species of austrolimulid xiphosuran, closely related to living horseshoe crabs. It was found in the Early Triassic Jackey Shale of Tasmania, Australia. Originally considered an indeterminate species of Paleolimulus, it was formally named as a new genus and species in 2019 by Russell Bicknell. Unlike living horseshoe crabs, Tasmaniolimulus is thought to have lived in freshwater.