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Xiphosurid from the Tournaisian (Carboniferous) of Scotland confirms deep origin of Limuloidea
Horseshoe crabs are archetypal marine chelicerates with a fossil record extending from the Lower Ordovician to today. The major horseshoe crab groups are thought to have arisen in the middle to late Palaeozoic. Here we present the oldest known limuloid from the lower Carboniferous (Tournaisian stage...
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6863854/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31745138 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53442-5 |