Anacontium Raymond 1944 (arthropod)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Full reference: P. E. Raymond. 1944. Late Paleozoic xiphosurans. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 94:475-508

Parent taxon: Belinuridae according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020

See also Bergström 1975, Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016 and Størmer 1955

Sister taxa: Alanops, Andersoniella, Belinurus, Euproops, Liomesaspis, Prestwichianella, Pringlia, Prolimulus, Protolimulus, Stilpnocephalus, Xiphosuroides

Subtaxa: Anacontium carpenteri

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Type: Anacontium carpenteri

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Midco Locality 15 (Permian of Oklahoma)

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