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Belinurus metschetensis

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Taxonomy
Bellinurus metschetensis was named by Chernyshev (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Balka Metchetnaya (feuille VI-29), which is in a Westphalian B fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Parabelinurus metschetensis by Lamsdell (2020); it was recombined as Belinurus metschetensis by Lamsdell (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Bellinurus metschetensis Chernyshev p. 650 figs. Pl 35, figs 4,5
2018Bellinurus metschetensis Shpinev p. 276 figs. Pl 9, fig 6; text-fig 2b
2020Parabelinurus metschetensis Lamsdell p. 16
2022Belinurus metschetensis Lamsdell

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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)
genusBelinurus
speciesmetschetensis()

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.

Belinurus metschetensis Chernyshev 1927
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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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Westphalian B or 316.90000 to 314.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6Russian Federation (Rostov) Bellinurus metschetnensis (type locality: 216446)