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]

Casterolimulus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Casterolimulus kletti from the Fox Hills Formation
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: Xiphosura
Genus: Casterolimulus
Holland, Erickson & O'Brien, 1975
Species:
C. kletti
Binomial name
Casterolimulus kletti
Holland, Erickson & O'Brien, 1975

References

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  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. 47 (2): 363–384. doi:10.1017/pab.2020.17. ISSN 0094-8373.