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Paleolimulidae
Taxonomy
Paleolimulidae was named by Raymond (1944). Its type is Paleolimulus. It was considered monophyletic by Lamsdell (2016).
It was assigned to Xiphosurida by Raymond (1944); to Limulacea by Størmer (1955) and Bergström (1975); to Limulina by Lamsdell (2016) and Lamsdell (2020); and to Paleolimuloidea by Babcock et al. (2000), Dunlop et al. (2020) and Bicknell et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Xiphosurida by Raymond (1944); to Limulacea by Størmer (1955) and Bergström (1975); to Limulina by Lamsdell (2016) and Lamsdell (2020); and to Paleolimuloidea by Babcock et al. (2000), Dunlop et al. (2020) and Bicknell et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1933 | Paleolimulus juresanensis Chernyshev |
1944 | Paleolimulidae Raymond |
1955 | Paleolimulidae Størmer p. 21 |
1967 | Moravuridae Přibyl p. 457 |
1975 | Moravuridae Bergström p. 302 |
1975 | Paleolimulidae Bergström p. 303 |
2000 | Paleolimulidae Babcock et al. p. 138 |
2016 | Paleolimulidae Lamsdell p. 188 |
2020 | Paleolimulidae Dunlop et al. p. 12 |
2020 | Paleolimulidae Lamsdell p. 18 |
2020 | Paleolimulus juresanensis Lamsdell p. 19 |
2022 | Paleolimulidae Bicknell et al. p. 306 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Paleolimulidae Raymond 1944
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G. †Paleolimulus Dunbar 1923
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†Paleolimulus kunguricus Naugolnykh 2017
†Paleolimulus mazonensis Bicknell et al. 2022 [horseshoe crab]
Invalid names: Moravuridae Přibyl 1967 [synonym], Paleolimulus juresanensis Chernyshev 1933 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available