Extinct genus of chelicerate from Wisconsin
Venustulus is a genus of synziphosurine ,[ 1] a paraphyletic group of fossil chelicerate arthropods .[ 2] [ 3] Venustulus was regarded as part of the clade Prosomapoda .[ 2] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 3] [ 7] Fossils of the single and type species , V. waukeshaensis , have been discovered in deposits of the Silurian period in Wisconsin , in the United States .[ 1] [ 2] [ 7] Venustulus is one of the few synziphosurine genera with fossil showing evidence of appendages, the other ones being Weinbergina , Anderella and Camanchia .[ 1] [ 3] Despite often being aligned close to horseshoe crabs , it has been found that Venustulus and its relatives form a group made up of various basal euchelicerate arthropods more distant to the xiphosurans .[ 1] [ 2]
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