21136 - Premium Grade Soft Bodied Xiphosurid (Horseshoe Crab Ancestor) + Thoralicystis echinoderm Fezouata Bronzati et al
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Bronzati et al
No fractures or restoration
The trident shaped appendage has been considered in functional morphology as a sensitive functionality to find food between the seabed substrate
It is formed by biological and physical processes
History: (H
21136 - Premium Grade Soft Bodied Xiphosurid (Horseshoe Crab Ancestor) + Thoralicystis echinoderm Fezouata Bronzati et alXiphosurans are an order of arthropods related to arachnids, or, according to one recent study, actually arachnids. They are sometimes called horseshoe crabs (a name applied more specifically to the only extant family, Limulidae). They first appeared in the Tremadocian (Lower Ordovician) from Fezouata Fm in South Morocco. Currently, there are only four living species. They are members of the order Xiphosura, which contains two suborders, Xiphosurida