Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae
Alternative spelling: Bellinuridae
Synonyms: Euproopidae Eller 1938, Liomesaspidae Raymond 1944, Liomesaspididae Raymond 1944
Parent taxon: Belinurina according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020
See also Bergström 1975, Dunlop et al. 2013, Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016, Lamsdell and Clapham 2021, Raymond 1944 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxa: Belinuracea, Eolimulacea, Euproopacea
Subtaxa: Alanops Anacontium Andersoniella Belinurus Euproops Liomesaspis Prestwichianella Pringlia Prolimulus Protolimulus Stilpnocephalus Xiphosuroides
Type: Belinurus
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (1 collection), South Korea (1), United States (2: Kansas, Oklahoma)
• Carboniferous of Canada (10: Nova Scotia), the Czech Republic (3), France (3), Germany (9), Ireland (2), Italy (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (6), Ukraine (8), the United Kingdom (42), United States (16: Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Pennsylvania)
• Devonian of Ireland (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 108 collections including 131 occurrences