Alternative combinations: Kasibelinurus randalli, Prestwichia randalli
Synonyms: Belinurus alleganyensis Eller 1938, Belinurus alleghenyensis Eller 1938, Koenigiella alleganiensis Eller 1938, Koenigiella alleghaniensis Eller 1938
Full reference: C. E. Beecher. 1902. Note on a new xiphosuran from the Upper Devonian of Pennsylvania. The American Geologist 29:143-146
Belongs to Patesia according to R. D. C. Bicknell and P. M. Smith 2021
See also Babcock et al. 1995, Beecher 1902, Dunlop et al. 2020, Eller 1938, Lamsdell 2020 and Raymond 1944
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Patesia randalli: YPM IP 009010
- Belinurus alleganyensis: CM 11065, a carapace. Its type locality is Wellsville, which is in a Famennian marine sandstone in the Chadakoin Formation of New York.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (3: New York, Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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