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Prestwichianella cambrensis

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Taxonomy
Euproops cambrensis was named by Dix and Pringle (1929). Its type specimen is NMW 29198 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ocean Colliery, Blaengarw, above the New Seam, which is in a Westphalian A fluvial-lacustrine shale in the South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Euproops cambrensis Dix and Pringle p. 109 fig. 14
2020Prestwichianella cambrensis Lamsdell p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
RankNameAuthor
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
suborderBelinurina
familyBelinuridae(Zittel and Eastman 1913)
genusPrestwichianella
speciescambrensis()

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 cambrensis Dix and Pringle 1929
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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 A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Wales) Euproops cambrensis (216536)