†Xaniopyramis Siveter and Selden 1987 (arthropod)
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Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Paleolimulidae
Full reference: D. J. Siveter and P. A. Selden. 1987. A new giant xiphosurid from the lower Namurian of Weardale, County Durham. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 46:630-640
Parent taxon: Paleolimulidae according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020
See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell 2016 and Siveter and Selden 1987
Sister taxa: Moravurus, Norilimulus, Paleolimulus, Paleolimulus juresanensis
Subtaxa: Xaniopyramis linseyi
Type: Xaniopyramis linseyi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Northern side of Noon Hill (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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