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Prestwichianella

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Taxonomy
Prestwichianella was named by Woodward (1918). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Euproops by Dunlop et al. (2020).

It was assigned to Euproopidae by Raymond (1944); and to Belinuridae by Lamsdell (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Prestwichia Woodward p. 32
1918Prestwichianella Woodward
1944Prestwichianella Raymond p. 482
2020Prestwichianella Lamsdell p. 16

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

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.

G. †Prestwichianella Woodward 1918
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Prestwichianella anthrax Prestwich 1840
Prestwichianella bifida Siegfried 1972
Prestwichianella cambrensis Dix and Pringle 1929
Prestwichianella mariae Crônier and Courville 2005
Prestwichianella orientalis Kobayashi 1933
Prestwichianella rotundata Prestwich 1840
Invalid names: Prestwichia Woodward 1867 [replaced]
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: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Kungurian or 318.70000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Lancashire) Euproops rotundatus (172765)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Poland Euproops rotundatus (216873)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Wales) Euproops cambrensis (216536)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Euproops rotundatus (124367)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Ireland Belinurus rotundus (216070)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (England) Limulus anthrax, Limulus rotundatus (216649) Prestwichia sp. (127218)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (Wales) P. rotundata (216529)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8United Kingdom (Wales) P. sp. (216531)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8Germany Euproops bifidus (216763)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5United Kingdom (Wales) Euproops anthrax (216538) P. rotundata (127292 216528 216530)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4France Euproops mariae (216516)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3South Korea Euproops orientalis (216595)