Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Full reference: F. D. Holland, J. M. Erickson, and D. E. O'Brien. 1975. Casterolimulus: a new Late Cretaceous generic link in limulid lineage. Bulletins of American Paleontology 62:235-249

Parent taxon: Limulidae according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020

See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Albalimulus, Allolimulus, Guangyuanolimulus, Heterolimulus, Keuperlimulus, Limulinae, Limulitella, Limulus priscus, Mesolimulus, Sloveniolimulus, Tachypleinae, Tarracolimulus, Victalimulus, Volanalimulus, Yunnanolimulus

Subtaxa: Casterolimulus kletti

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Type: Casterolimulus kletti

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Highway 83 north of Linton (Cretaceous of North Dakota)

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