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Prestwichianella bifida

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Taxonomy
Euproops bifidus was named by Siegfried (1972). Its type specimen is GPI Universität Münster B 7135, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Preußag dump, road from Ibbenbüren to Hopsten, which is in a Westphalian C fluvial-lacustrine shale in Germany.

It was recombined as Prestwichianella bifida by Lamsdell (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Euproops bifidus Siegfried p. 181 figs. Pl 26, figs 1-4; text-fig 1
2020Prestwichianella bifida Lamsdell p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
RankNameAuthor
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
suborderBelinurina
familyBelinuridae(Zittel and Eastman 1913)
genusPrestwichianella
speciesbifida()

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.

†Prestwichianella bifida Siegfried 1972
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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: Westphalian C or 314.60000 to 309.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8Germany Euproops bifidus (216763)