''Tachypleus'' is a genus of
south
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Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...
,
southeast and
east Asia
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n horseshoe crabs in the family
Limulidae.
Species
There are two extant (living) species:
* ''
Tachypleus gigas''
( Müller, 1785)
* ''
Tachypleus tridentatus''
( Leach, 1819)
And two extinct species only known from fossil.
* ''
Tachypleus decheni''
(Zincken, 1862) Upper
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes ...
Domsen Sands, Germany
* ''
Tachypleus syriacus''
(Woodward, 1879) Upper Cretaceous (
Cenomanian
The Cenomanian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy's (ICS) geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age (geology), age of the Late Cretaceous epoch (geology), Epoch or the lowest stage (stratigraphy), stage of the Upper Cretace ...
) Haqel and
Hjoula Konservat-Lagerstatten, Lebanon
References
External links
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Xiphosura
Extant Cenomanian first appearances
Chelicerate genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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