Limulus Muller 1785 (horseshoe crab)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Synonyms: Polyphemus Lamarck 1801, Xiphosura Gronovius 1764

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

See also Bergström 1975, Dunlop et al. 2012, Dunlop et al. 2020, Krzemiński et al. 2010, Lamsdell 2016, Lamsdell 2020, Novack-Gottshall and Plotnick 2021, Sepkoski 2002 and Størmer 1955

Sister taxon: Crenatolimulus

Subtaxa: Limulus coffini Limulus oculatus Limulus polyphemus

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Type: Monoculus polyphemus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fossil Ridge (Cretaceous of Colorado)

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