Xaniopyramis

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Xaniopyramis
Fossil range: early Carboniferous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Xiphosura
Order: Xiphosurida
Suborder: Limulina
Family: Moravuridae
Genus: Xaniopyramis

Xaniopyramis is an extinct genus of xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab. It lived in the early Carboniferous.

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  • Invertebrate Palaeontology & Evolution by Euan Neilson Kerr Clarkson

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