Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae
Synonym: Prestwichia Woodward 1867 [replaced name]
Full reference: H. Woodward. 1918. Notes on some fossil arthropods from the Carboniferous rocks of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, received from Dr. H. M. Ami, M.A., F.G.S., F.R.S., (Can.). The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade VI 5:462-471
Parent taxon: Belinuridae according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020
See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016, Raymond 1944 and Woodward 1918
Sister taxa: Alanops, Anacontium, Andersoniella, Belinurus, Euproops, Liomesaspis, Pringlia, Prolimulus, Protolimulus, Stilpnocephalus, Xiphosuroides
Subtaxa: Prestwichianella anthrax Prestwichianella bifida Prestwichianella cambrensis Prestwichianella mariae Prestwichianella orientalis Prestwichianella rotundata
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of South Korea (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of France (1), Germany (1), Ireland (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (11)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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