Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae
Alternative spelling: Bellinurus
Synonyms: Koenigiella Raymond 1944, Macrobelinurus Lamsdell 2020, Parabelinurus Lamsdell 2020, Steropis Baily 1858, Steropsis Baily 1858
Full reference: H. G. Bronn. 1839. Fossile Limulus-Arten. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, und Petrefaktenkunde 1839:489-490
Parent taxon: Belinuridae according to J. C. Lamsdell and M. E. Clapham 2021
See also Baily 1863, Bergström 1975, Dix and Pringle 1930, Dunlop et al. 2013, Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016, Lamsdell 2020, Lamsdell 2022, Raymond 1944, Sepkoski 2002 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxa: Alanops, Anacontium, Andersoniella, Euproops, Liomesaspis, Prestwichianella, Pringlia, Prolimulus, Protolimulus, Stilpnocephalus, Xiphosuroides
Subtaxa: Belinurus iswarinensis Belinurus kiltorkensis Belinurus lacoei Belinurus metschetensis Belinurus silesiacus Belinurus stepanovi Belinurus sustai Belinurus trilobitoides
Type: Limulus trilobitoides
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (5: Nova Scotia collections), the Czech Republic (2), Ireland (2), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (4), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (23), United States (1: Illinois)
• Devonian of Ireland (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 46 collections including 53 occurrences
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