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Stilpnocephalus pontebbanus

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Taxonomy
Stilpnocephalus pontebbanus was named by Selden et al. (2019). Its type specimen is MPT18062301, a carapace, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Rio degli Uccelli, which is in a Kasimovian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Meledis Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Stilpnocephalus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Stilpnocephalus pontebbanus Selden et al. p. 336 fig. 2,3
2020Stilpnocephalus pontebbanus Lamsdell

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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)
genusStilpnocephalus
speciespontebbanus

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.

†Stilpnocephalus pontebbanus Selden et al. 2019
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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: Kasimovian or 307.00000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Italy Stilpnocephalus pontebbanus (type locality: 157324)