Pickettia carteri Eller 1940 (arthropod)

Xiphosura - Kasibelinuridae

Alternative combinations: Belinurus carterae, Belinurus carteri

Full reference: E. R. Eller. 1940. Belinurus carteri, a new xiphosuran from the Upper Devonian of Pennsylvania. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 28:133-136

Belongs to Pickettia according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020

See also Bicknell et al. 2019, Bicknell et al. 2019 and Eller 1940

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMSC E 9644, a carapace. Its type locality is Hanley Quarry, Lewis Run, which is in a Famennian marine sandstone in the Cattaraugus Formation of Pennsylvania.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hanley Quarry, Lewis Run

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