Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Paleolimulidae
Synonym: Moravuridae Přibyl 1967
Full reference: P. E. Raymond. 1944. Late Paleozoic xiphosurans. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 94:475-508
Parent taxon: Limulina according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020
See also Allen and Feldmann 2005, Babcock et al. 2000, Bergström 1975, Bicknell et al. 2022, Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxa: Bellinuroopsis, Limulacea, Limuloidea, Rolfeiidae
Subtaxa: Moravurus Norilimulus Paleolimulus Paleolimulus juresanensis Xaniopyramis
Type: Paleolimulus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (4 collections), United States (4: Kansas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), Czechia (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Illinois, Kansas)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence