Victalimulus

Victalimulus; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Order:	Xiphosura
Family:	Limulidae
Genus:	Victalimulus; Riek & Gill, 1971
Species:	V. mcqueeni
Binomial name
	Victalimulus mcqueeni; Riek & Gill, 1971

Victalimulus is an extinct genus of xiphosuran, or horseshoe crab, from Early Cretaceous beds in Koonwarra in eastern Victoria, Australia. The single species, V. mcqueeni, was discovered by James McQueen who was encouraged by Leon Costermans to take it to the Museum of Victoria.^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ Riek, E.F.; Gill, E.D. (1971). "A new xiphosuran genus from Lower Cretaceous freshwater sediments at Koonwarra, Victoria, Australia" (PDF). Palaeontology. 14 (2): 206–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-21.
^ "Victalimulus mcqueeni Riek & Gill, 1971". Museums Victoria Collections.

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[1] Riek, E.F.; Gill, E.D. (1971). "A new xiphosuran genus from Lower Cretaceous freshwater sediments at Koonwarra, Victoria, Australia" (PDF). Palaeontology. 14 (2): 206–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-21.

[2] "Victalimulus mcqueeni Riek & Gill, 1971". Museums Victoria Collections.

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