Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Full reference: E. S. Shpinev and D. V. Vasilenko. 2018. First fossil xiphosuran (Chelicerata, Xiphosura) egg clutch from the Carboniferous of Khakassia. Paleontological Journal 52:400-404

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

See also Shpinev and Vasilenko 2018

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

Subtaxa: Xiphosuroides khakassicus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Izykhskie Kopi (Sarskaya Formation) (Carboniferous of Russian Federation)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.