Xaniopyramis linseyi Siveter and Selden 1987 (arthropod)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Paleolimulidae

Full reference: D. J. Siveter and P. A. Selden. 1987. A new giant xiphosurid from the lower Namurian of Weardale, County Durham. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 46:630-640

Belongs to Xaniopyramis according to J. C. Lamsdell 2020

See also Siveter and Selden 1987

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: HU P1986.1, a carapace. Its type locality is Northern side of Noon Hill, which is in a Pendleian marine sandstone in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Northern side of Noon Hill

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