Xiphosuroides khakassicus Shpinev and Vasilenko 2018 (arthropod)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Full reference: E. S. Shpinev and D. V. Vasilenko. 2018. First fossil xiphosuran (Chelicerata, Xiphosura) egg clutch from the Carboniferous of Khakassia. Paleontological Journal 52:400-404

Belongs to Xiphosuroides according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020

See also Shpinev and Vasilenko 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 5384/211. Its type locality is Izykhskie Kopi (Sarskaya Formation), which is in an Arnsbergian/Chokierian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Sarskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Izykhskie Kopi (Sarskaya Formation)

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