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On Hold : Euproops cf bifidus Siegfried, 1972

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Here is a dis articulated example of a rare horseshoe crab of the genus Euproops from the upper carboniferous of the Piesberg. This "Paleozoic Limulus" belongs most likely to the species Euproops bifidus. But this Xiphosurida group is still scientific debated.

	Location:	Piesberg near Osnabrück, Germany
	Size of Fossil:	about 36 x 24 mm
	Age:	Upper Carboniferous, Westphalian (about 311 Ma)

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