Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Full reference: P. A. Selden, L. Simonetto, and G. Marsiglio. 2019. An effaced horseshoe crab (Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Xiphosura) from the Upper Carboniferous of the Carnic Alps (Friuli, NE Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 125:333-342

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

See also Selden et al. 2019

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

Subtaxa: Stilpnocephalus pontebbanus

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Type: Stilpnocephalus pontebbanus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rio degli Uccelli (Carboniferous of Italy)

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