Extremely RARE complete fossil horseshoe crab Valloisella lievinensis pos & neg

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Specimen:
Extremely rare
horseshoe crab - true ancestor of living Limulus -
Valloisella lievinensis
Racheboeuf 1992 !
Positive & Negative !
Locality:
France, Lievin ( Pas de Calais )
Stratigraphy:
Upper Carboniferous,
Bashkirian
-
Westphalian C,
Age:
ca. 305 Mya
Nodule size :
ca. 15,0 x 11,0 x 1,5 cm , Valloisella is 0,9 cm long !
Description:
Extremely rare,
specimen ( positive and negative ) of  true ancestor of living Limulus
horseshoe crab.
Unlike the more common Euproops and Belinurus, they have an opercular segment !
Described in 1992
small Upper carboniferous xiphosuran
Valloisella lievinensis
Racheboeuf 1992
from Lievin !
There are only few specimens found of this rare horseshoe crabs order !!! Specimens from famous localityin  Lievin
( Pas de Calais ) in France !
Horseshoe crabs resemble crustaceans, but belong to a separate subphylum, Chelicerata, and are closely related to eurypterids and arachnids. The earliest horseshoe crab fossils are found in strata from the late Ordovician period, roughly 450 Mya.
Horseshoe crabs are marine arthropods of the family Limulidae and order Xiphosura or Xiphosurida, that live primarily in and around shallow ocean waters on soft sandy or muddy bottoms. They occasionally come onto shore to mate. They are commonly used as bait and in fertilizer. In recent years, a decline in the population has occurred as a consequence of coastal habitat destruction in Japan and overharvesting along the east coast of North America. Tetrodotoxin may be present in the roe of species inhabiting the waters of Thailand.
Because of their origin 450 million years ago (Mya), horseshoe crabs are considered living fossils.