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Belinurus kiltorkensis

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Taxonomy
Belinurus kiltorkensis was named by Baily (1870). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kiltorkan Quarry, which is in a Famennian fluvial siltstone in the Kiltorcan Formation of Ireland.

It was recombined as Bellinurus kiltorkensis by Woodward (1918).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Belinurus kiltorkensis Baily p. 75
1918Bellinurus kiltorkensis Woodward p. 470
2020Belinurus kiltorkensis Lamsdell p. 13
2021Belinurus kiltorkensis Lamsdell and Clapham p. 1353
2022Belinurus kiltorkensis Lamsdell

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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)
genusBelinurus
specieskiltorkensis

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.

Belinurus kiltorkensis Baily 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Bambach et al. 2007, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Ireland Belinurus kiltorkensis (type locality: 32230)