Patesia randalli Beecher 1902 (arthropod)

Xiphosura

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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