Tachypleus syriacus
| Tachypleus syriacus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
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| NHMUK PI. OR. 59783, the holotype | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Merostomata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Family: | Limulidae |
| Genus: | Tachypleus |
| Species: | †T. syriacus
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| †Tachypleus syriacus (Woodward, 1879)
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Tachypleus syriacus is an extinct species of horseshoe crab in the genus Tachypleus that lived in the Sannine Formation[1] of Lebanon during the Cenomanian[1] of the Late Cretaceous Epoch. It is one of two fossil species within the genus Tachypleus.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Bicknell, Russell D. C.; Bazzi, Mohamad; Mehling, Carl; Rashkova, Anastasia; Pankowski, Madeline V.; Botton, Mark; Cuomo, Carmela (2 July 2024). "A unique example of the Late Cretaceous horseshoe crab Tachypleus syriacus preserves transitional bromalites". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 48 (3): 495–500. Bibcode:2024Alch...48..495B. doi:10.1080/03115518.2024.2348748. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
Works cited
[edit]- James C. Lamsdell; Scott C. McKenzie (1 August 2015). "Tachypleus syriacus (Woodward)—a sexually dimorphic Cretaceous crown limulid reveals underestimated horseshoe crab divergence times". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 15 (4): 681–693. doi:10.1007/S13127-015-0229-3. ISSN 1439-6092. Wikidata Q64081837.
- Russell D.C. Bicknell; Tom Brougham; Sylvain Charbonnier; Frédéric Sautereau; Tomaž Hitij; Nicolás E. Campione (17 June 2019). "On the appendicular anatomy of the xiphosurid Tachypleus syriacus and the evolution of fossil horseshoe crab appendages". The Science of Nature. 106 (7–8): 38. doi:10.1007/S00114-019-1629-6. ISSN 0028-1042. PMID 31209559. Wikidata Q92828019.
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