Prolimulus Fritsch 1899 (arthropod)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Full reference: A. Fritsch. 1899. Preliminary note on Prolimulus woodwardi, Fritsch, from the Permian Gaskohle at Nyřan, Bohemia. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade IV 6:57-59

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

See also Bergström 1975, Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016 and Størmer 1955

Sister taxa: Alanops, Anacontium, Andersoniella, Belinurus, Euproops, Liomesaspis, Prestwichianella, Pringlia, Protolimulus, Stilpnocephalus, Xiphosuroides

Subtaxa: Prolimulus woodwardi

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Type: Prolimulus woodwardi

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Nýřany (Insect Collection) (Carboniferous of Czechia)

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