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Andersoniella longispina

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Taxonomy
Euproops longispina was named by Packard (1885). Its type specimen is USNM 38857 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Butler mine in Pittston, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial shale/anthracite in the Pottsville Formation of Pennsylvania.

It was synonymized subjectively with Euproops danae by Babcock and Merriam (2000); it was recombined as Andersoniella longispina by Lamsdell (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Euproops longispina Packard p. 292
1918Euproops longispina Woodward p. 465
1944Euproops longispina Raymond p. 491
2020Andersoniella longispina Lamsdell p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
RankNameAuthor
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
suborderBelinurina
familyBelinuridae(Zittel and Eastman 1913)
genusAndersoniella
specieslongispina()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Andersoniella longispina Packard 1885
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektobenthicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:13:59
Modified: 2010-02-22 02:35:37
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Westphalian D or 309.80000 to 307.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Pennsylvania) Euproops longispina (type locality: 125698)