Belinuridae
| Belinuridae Temporal range: Late Devonian-Early Permian
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| Various species of Euproops | |
| Life restoration of Prolimulus, a paedomorphic belinurid | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Suborder: | Xiphosurida |
| Infraorder: | †Belinurina Zittel & Eastman, 1913 |
| Family: | †Belinuridae Zittel & Eastman, 1913 |
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Belinuridae is an extinct family of arthropods belonging to the order Xiphosura, known from the latest Devonian, Carboniferous and Early Permian. They are placed as the only members of the infraorder Belinurina (also spelled Bellinurina). They were one of the most successful and diverse groups of xiphosurans in their evolutionary history, having managed to colonise and diversify within freshwater environments particularly during the Carboniferous period.