#xiphosurid — Public Fediverse posts

🌊 Habitat #debate: Most austrolimulid occurrences are near shallow marine areas (or at least areas with #marine influence) and together with their wide distribution, challenge the idea they lived in fully #freshwater environments. This new material adds to the growing picture of #xiphosurid diversity and evolution in the early #Mesozoic.

🦀 New discovery: 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘻𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘻𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 gen. et sp. nov., a striking new austrolimulid #xiphosurid from the Early #Triassic of Poland’s Holy Cross Mountains! This find pushes the boundaries of what we know about early #Mesozoic horseshoe crab #diversity https://peerj.com/articles/20950/