Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Full reference: R. D. C. Bicknell and S. Pates. 2019. Xiphosurid from the Tournaisian (Carboniferous) of Scotland confirms deep origin of Limuloidea. Scientific Reports 9

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

See also Bicknell and Pates 2019 and Lamsdell 2020

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

Subtaxa: Albalimulus bottoni

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Type: Albalimulus bottoni

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Whiteadder Water river, close to Crumble Edge (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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