Xaniopyramis Siveter and Selden 1987 (arthropod)

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

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Type: Xaniopyramis linseyi

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Northern side of Noon Hill (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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