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Bembicosoma pomphicus

Taxonomy
Bembicosoma pomphicus was named by Laurie (1899). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Gutterford Burn Eurypterid bed, Pentland Hills, which is in a Telychian offshore sandstone in the Reservoir Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Bembicosoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Bembicosoma pomphicus Laurie p. 588 figs. Pl 5, figs 31,32
2013Bembicosoma pomphicus Dunlop et al. p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
genusBembicosoma
speciespomphicus

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Bembicosoma pomphicus Laurie 1899
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Diagnosis
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