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Pringlia birtwelli

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Taxonomy
Prestwichia birtwelli was named by Woodward (1872). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cornfield pit, south bank of river Calder, near Padiham, which is in a Westphalian A interdistributary bay shale in the Lower Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Euproops birtwelli by Woodward (1918); it was recombined as Liomesaspis birtwelli by Anderson et al. (1997); it was recombined as Pringlia birtwelli by Raymond (1944), Lamsdell (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Prestwichia birtwelli Woodward p. 440 figs. Pl 10, figs 9, 10
1918Euproops birtwelli Woodward p. 468
1944Pringlia birtwelli Raymond p. 501
1997Liomesaspis birtwelli Anderson et al.
2020Pringlia birtwelli Lamsdell p. 17

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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)
genusPringlia
speciesbirtwelli()

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.

Pringlia birtwelli Woodward 1872
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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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 (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Lancashire) Liomesaspis birtwelli (172765) Prestwichia birtwelli (153487)