Species list, Checklist of Order Xiphosura (Horseshoe crabs) for Paleozoic (Phanerozoic)

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Checklist for Order Xiphosura Latreille, 1802 (Horseshoe crabs)
and region Paleozoic (Phanerozoic)

Class	Merostomata Woodward, 1866 Horseshoe crabs, Merostomates	26 87 277	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Xiphosura Latreille, 1802 Horseshoe crabs	11 22 26	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Paleozoic
2 Families width 26 Species

Bunodidae Packard, 1886		1	Species	Taxom
Diploaspididae Størmer, 1972		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Paleozoic
2 Genera with 26 Species

Bunodes Eichwald, 1854		1	Species	Taxom
Forfarella Dunlop, Ande..., 1999		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Paleozoic
26 Species

Bunodes lunula ♰ Eichwald, 1854
Forfarella mitchelli ♰ Dunlop, Ande..., 1999

Subnodes of Xiphosura with occurrences in Paleozoic

Suborder	Synziphosurida ♰ Bergstrom, 1968	4 8 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Diploaspididae ♰ Størmer, 1972	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Xiphosura at horseshoecrab.org
Xiphosura at gbif.org
Xiphosura at irmng.org
Xiphosura at itis.gov
Xiphosura at marinespecies.org