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Prestwichianella rotundata
Taxonomy
Limulus rotundatus was named by Prestwich (1840). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coalbrook Dale (White Flatstone Measures, Prestwich collection), which is in a Westphalian B interdistributary bay mudstone in the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Steropis rotundus by Baily (1858); it was recombined as Belinurus rotundus by Baily (1863); it was recombined as Prestwichia rotundata by Woodward (1867); it was recombined as Euproops rotundatus by Filipiak and Krawczyński (1996), Anderson et al. (1997); it was recombined as Prestwichianella rotundata by Woodward (1918), Dix and Pringle (1929), Raymond (1944), Lamsdell (2020).
It was recombined as Steropis rotundus by Baily (1858); it was recombined as Belinurus rotundus by Baily (1863); it was recombined as Prestwichia rotundata by Woodward (1867); it was recombined as Euproops rotundatus by Filipiak and Krawczyński (1996), Anderson et al. (1997); it was recombined as Prestwichianella rotundata by Woodward (1918), Dix and Pringle (1929), Raymond (1944), Lamsdell (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1840 | Limulus rotundatus Prestwich p. 491 figs. Pl 41, figs 5-7 |
| 1858 | Steropis rotundus Baily p. 91 |
| 1863 | Belinurus rotundus Baily p. 113 figs. Pl 5, figs 3A,B |
| 1867 | Prestwichia rotundata Woodward p. 32 figs. Pl 1, fig 2 |
| 1918 | Prestwichianella rotundata Woodward p. 469 |
| 1929 | Prestwichianella rotundata Dix and Pringle p. 102 |
| 1944 | Prestwichianella rotundata Raymond p. 483 |
| 1996 | Euproops rotundatus Filipiak and Krawczyński p. 418 figs. 3A,B, 4 |
| 1997 | Euproops rotundatus Anderson et al. |
| 2020 | Prestwichianella rotundata Lamsdell p. 16 |
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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 rotundata Prestwich 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Westphalian D or 318.70000 to 307.40000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westphalian A | Poland | Euproops rotundatus (216873) | |
| Westphalian A | United Kingdom (England) | Euproops rotundatus (124367) | |
| Westphalian A | United Kingdom (Lancashire) | Euproops rotundatus (172765) | |
| Westphalian A | Ireland | Belinurus rotundus (216070) | |
| Westphalian B | United Kingdom (England) | Limulus rotundatus (216649) | |
| Westphalian B | United Kingdom (Wales) | Prestwichianella rotundata (216529) | |
| Westphalian D | United Kingdom (Wales) | Prestwichianella rotundata (127292 216528 216530) |