Remarkable preservation of a new genus and species of limuline horseshoe crab from the Cretaceous of Texas, USA | Zendy

FELDMANN RODNEY M. | Zendy; SCHWEITZER CARRIE E. | Zendy; DATTILO BENJAMIN | Zendy; FARLOW JAMES O. | Zendy

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Remarkable preservation of a new genus and species of limuline horseshoe crab from the Cretaceous of Texas, USA

Author(s) -

FELDMANN RODNEY M.,

SCHWEITZER CARRIE E.,

DATTILO BENJAMIN,

FARLOW JAMES O.

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

palaeontology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.69

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1475-4983

pISSN - 0031-0239

DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01103.x

Subject(s) - carapace , cretaceous , paleontology , horseshoe crab , genus , horseshoe (symbol) , biology , zoology , geology , crustacean , philosophy , epistemology

A single specimen, part and counterpart of a carapace, of a horseshoe crab from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Glen Rose Formation in north‐central Texas, forms the basis for the definition of a new genus and species, Crenatolimulus paluxyensis . The discovery represents only the fifth limuline known from the Cretaceous. Its preservational style is remarkable in that the carapace exterior is faithfully replicated by a massive overgrowth of serpulid worms.

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