Bunodidae Explained

Bunodidae is an extinct family of synziphosurine chelicerates that lived in the Silurian. Bunodidae is classified inside the clade Planaterga alongside Pseudoniscidae and Dekatriata (chasmataspidids, eurypterids and arachnids). Bunodidae is composed by two genera, Bunodes (the type genus) and Limuloides.[1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Lamsdell. James C.. 2013. Revised systematics of Palaeozoic 'horseshoe crabs' and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167. 1. 1–27. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00874.x. 0024-4082. free.
  2. Bicknell. Russell D. C.. Pates. Stephen. 2020. Pictorial Atlas of Fossil and Extant Horseshoe Crabs, With Focus on Xiphosurida. Frontiers in Earth Science. English. 8. 98. 10.3389/feart.2020.00098. 2020FrEaS...8...98B. 2296-6463. free.
  3. Book: http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils20.5.pdf. World Spider Catalog. Dunlop. J. A.. Penney. D.. Jekel. D.. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. 1–296.

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