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
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| Casterolimulus kletti from the Fox Hills Formation | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Genus: | †Casterolimulus Holland, Erickson & O'Brien, 1975 |
| Species: | †C. kletti
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| †Casterolimulus kletti Holland, Erickson & O'Brien, 1975
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References
edit- ^ F. D. Holland Jr. (1975). "Casterolimulus: a new late Cretaceous generic link in limulid lineage". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 67 (287): 235–246.
- ^ 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.
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