Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Synonym: Anacontium brevis Raymond 1944

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

Belongs to Anacontium according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020

See also Raymond 1944

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Anacontium carpenteri: MCZ 4724, a carapace. Its type locality is Midco Locality 15, which is in an Artinskian lacustrine lime mudstone in the Wellington Formation of Oklahoma.
• Anacontium brevis: MCZ 4726, a carapace. Its type locality is Midco Locality 15, which is in an Artinskian lacustrine lime mudstone in the Wellington Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Midco Locality 15

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.