Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae
Alternative spelling: Prestwichia (Euproops)
Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1867. Note on a new genus of fossil Crustacea. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series 43:394-395
Parent taxon: Belinuridae according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020
See also Bergström 1975, Dunlop et al. 2013, Dunlop et al. 2020, Ebert 1892, Lamsdell 2016, Raymond 1944 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxa: Alanops, Anacontium, Andersoniella, Belinurus, Liomesaspis, Prestwichianella, Pringlia, Prolimulus, Protolimulus, Stilpnocephalus, Xiphosuroides
Subtaxa: Euproops danae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (5: Nova Scotia collections), Germany (2), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (9), United States (13: Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, Pennsylvania)
Total: 34 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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