Offacolus
| Offacolus | |
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| Reconstruction of Offacolus kingi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Clade: | Euchelicerata
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| Family: | †Offacolidae Sutton et al., 2002 |
| Genus: | †Offacolus Orr et al., 2000 |
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| †Offacolus kingi Orr et al., 2000
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Offacolus is an
mineralogist who found the fossils of Offacolus.[1]
Similar to Dibasterium, Offacolus possess limb-like exopods (outer limb branches) on appendage II to V,
Classification
Offacolus was originally described as an
A phylogenetic analysis (the results presented in a cladogram below) conducted by James Lamsdell in 2013 on the relationships within the Xiphosura and the relations to other closely related groups concluded that the Xiphosura, as presently understood, was
sister taxon (closest relative) of Prosomapoda.[5]
Arthropoda
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