Bunodidae

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).^[1][2][3] Bunodidae is composed by two genera, Bunodes (the type genus) and Limuloides.^[1][3][2]

Bunodidae Temporal range: Silurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Restoration of Limuloides limuloides and Bunodes lunula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Clade:	Prosomapoda
Clade:	Planaterga
Family:	†Bunodidae Packard, 1886
Type species
†Bunodes lunula Eichwald, 1854
Genera
†Bunodes †Limuloides
Synonyms
Limuloididae Størmer, 1952