Austrolimulus fletcheri is an extinct xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab. The holotype and only known specimen is from Middle Triassic-aged strata of Brookvale, New South Wales of Australia.[1]
| Austrolimulus Temporal range: Middle Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Family: | †Austrolimulidae |
| Genus: | †Austrolimulus |
| Species: | †A. fletcheri
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| †Austrolimulus fletcheri Riek, 1955
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References
edit- Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters by Donald R. Prothero and Carl Buell
External links
edit- Xiphosura at Palaeos.com
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