Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Paleolimulidae
Full reference: C. O. Dunbar. 1923. Kansas Permian insects. Part 2. Paleolimulus, a new genus of Paleozoic Xiphosura, with notes on other genera. The American Journal of Science, Fifth Series 5(30):443-454
Parent taxon: Paleolimulidae according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020
See also Babcock et al. 2000, Bergström 1975, Bicknell et al. 2022, Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016, Raymond 1944, Sepkoski 2002 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxa: Moravurus, Norilimulus, Paleolimulus juresanensis, Xaniopyramis
Subtaxa: Paleolimulus kunguricus Paleolimulus mazonensis Paleolimulus signatus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (3 collections), United States (4: Kansas)
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Illinois, Kansas)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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