Belinurus metschetensis Chernyshev 1927 (arthropod)

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Alternative combinations: Bellinurus metschetensis, Parabelinurus metschetensis

Full reference: B. I. Chernyshev. 1927. Zametka o predstavitelyakh Xiphosura iz Donetskogo Basseyna. Izvestiya Geologicheskogo Komiteta 46:645-655

Belongs to Belinurus according to J. C. Lamsdell 2022

See also Chernyshev 1927, Lamsdell 2020 and Shpinev 2018

Sister taxa: Belinurus iswarinensis, Belinurus kiltorkensis, Belinurus lacoei, Belinurus silesiacus, Belinurus stepanovi, Belinurus sustai, Belinurus trilobitoides

Type specimen: Its type locality is Balka Metchetnaya (feuille VI-29), which is in a Westphalian B fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Balka Metchetnaya (feuille VI-29)

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