Tachypleus decheni is an extinct species of horseshoe crab in the genus Tachypleus that lived in the Borna Formation of Germany,[1] during the Upper Eocene.[citation needed] It is one of two fossil species within the genus Tachypleus.[2][3]
| Tachypleus decheni Temporal range: | |
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| Tachypleus decheni cast at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Family: | Limulidae |
| Genus: | Tachypleus |
| Species: | T. decheni |
| Binomial name | |
| Tachypleus decheni (Zinken, 1862) | |
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References
edit- ↑ "†Tachypleus decheni Zinken 1862". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
- ↑ C. Zinken. 1862. Limulus decheni aus dem Braunkohlensandstein bei Teuchern. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 19:329-331
- ↑ "Limulus decheni (Zinken, 1862)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
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