Belinurus lacoei Packard 1885

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Alternative combinations: Bellinurus lacoei, Euproops lacoei, Parabelinurus lacoei

Full reference: A. S. Packard. 1885. Types of Carboniferous Xiphosura new to North America. The American Naturalist 19:291-294

Belongs to Belinurus according to J. C. Lamsdell 2022

See also Babcock and Merriam 2000, Lamsdell 2020, Packard 1885 and Raymond 1944

Sister taxa: Belinurus iswarinensis, Belinurus kiltorkensis, Belinurus metschetensis, Belinurus silesiacus, Belinurus stepanovi, Belinurus sustai, Belinurus trilobitoides

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection, which is in a Westphalian D interdistributary bay mudstone in the Carbondale Formation of Illinois

Distribution: found only at Mazon Creek, USNM Lacoe Collection

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