Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Full reference: L. Vía Boada and J. F. Villalta. 1966. Heterolimulus gadeai nov. gen., nov. sp., representante de una nueva familia de Limulacea, en el Triásico español. Acta Geológica Hispánica 1:9-11

Parent taxon: Limulidae according to R. D. C. Bicknell et al. 2021

See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016, Lamsdell 2020, Sepkoski 2002 and Vía Boada and Villalta 1966

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

Subtaxa: Heterolimulus gadeai

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Montral-Alcover quarries (Triassic of Spain)

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