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First Fossil Xiphosuran (Chelicerata, Xiphosura) Egg Clutch from the Carboniferous of Khakassia

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A new formal genus with a new species Xiphosuroides khakassicus gen. et sp. nov. is established for a clutch of nine eggs containing embryos, presumably xiphosurans (Chelicerata, Xiphosura, Bellinurina). This unique specimen comes from the Lower–Middle Carboniferous Sarskaya Formation of Khakassia (Izykhskie Kopi locality). If the hypothesis of the xiphosuran nature of these eggs is correct, the specimen described in this paper is the first certain record of fossil xiphosuran eggs and embryos.

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  1. Timiryazev State Biology Museum, Moscow, 123242, Russia

    E. S. Shpinev

  2. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119647, Russia

    D. V. Vasilenko

  3. Cherepovets State University, Cherepovets, Vologda Region, 162600, Russia

    D. V. Vasilenko

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Original Russian Text © E.S. Shpinev, D.V. Vasilenko, 2018, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2018, No. 4, pp. 48–52.

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Shpinev, E.S., Vasilenko, D.V. First Fossil Xiphosuran (Chelicerata, Xiphosura) Egg Clutch from the Carboniferous of Khakassia. Paleontol. J. 52, 400–404 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030118040111

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