Image: Horseshoe crab, Mesolimulus walchi

Horseshoe crab, Mesolimulus walchi

Germany, Late Jurassic, 150 million years ago.

Illustrator:
Anne Musser
Rights:
© Australian Museum

Additional information

Mesolimulus is closely related to modern horseshoe crabs. The modern genus Limulus still looks much like this fossil species.

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Tags horseshoe crabs, Late Jurassic, dinosaur world,