Subfamily Limulinae Leach 1819 (horseshoe crab)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

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

See also Dunlop et al. 2012 and Størmer 1955

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

Subtaxa: Crenatolimulus Limulus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Colorado, Texas collections)

• Jurassic of Poland (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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