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Belinurus trilobitoides

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Belinuridae

Taxonomy
Limulus trilobitoides was named by Buckland (1837). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coalbrook Dale (White Flatstone Measures, Anstice collection), which is in a Westphalian B interdistributary bay mudstone in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Belinurus.

It was recombined as Steropis trilobitoides by Baily (1858); it was recombined as Bellinurus trilobitoides by Woodward (1872) and Lamsdell (2016); it was recombined as Belinurus trilobitoides by Bronn (1839), Woodward (1867), Lamsdell (2020), Lamsdell and Clapham (2021) and Lamsdell (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1809Entomolithus lunatus Martin
1837Limulus trilobitoides Buckland p. 77 fig. 3
1839Belinurus trilobitoides Bronn p. 489
1840Limulus trilobitoides Prestwich p. 491 figs. Pl 41, fig 8
1846Belinurus bellulus Pictet
1858Steropis arcuatus Baily p. 90
1858Steropis trilobitoides Baily p. 91
1859Bellinurus arcuatus Baily p. 13 fig. 4a,b
1859Bellinurus regina Baily p. 13 fig. 3
1863Belinurus reginae Baily p. 110 figs. Pl 5, figs 1A-D
1863Belinurus arcuatus Baily p. 111 figs. Pl 5, figs 2A-C
1867Belinurus arcuatus Woodward p. 32
1867Belinurus reginae Woodward p. 32 figs. Pl 1, fig 1
1867Belinurus trilobitoides Woodward p. 32
1872Bellinurus trilobitoides Woodward
1872Belinurus koenigianus Woodward p. 439 figs. Pl 10, fig 8
1872Bellinurus arcuatus Woodward p. 439
1872Bellinurus koenigianus Woodward p. 439 figs. Pl 10, fig 8
1872Bellinurus reginae Woodward p. 439
1899Bellinurus grandaevus Jones and Woodward p. 388 figs. Pl 15, figs 2,3
1907Bellinurus baldwini Woodward p. 540 fig. 1
1907Bellinurus longicaudatus Woodward p. 541 fig. 2
1918Bellinurus arcuatus Woodward p. 470
1918Bellinurus baldwini Woodward p. 470
1918Bellinurus bellulus Woodward p. 470
1918Bellinurus grandaevus Woodward p. 470
1918Bellinurus koenigianus Woodward p. 470
1918Bellinurus longicaudatus Woodward p. 470
1918Bellinurus reginae Woodward p. 470
1918Bellinurus trechmanni Woodward p. 470 fig. 5
1929Belinurus concinnus Dix and Pringle p. 92 fig. 1
1929Belinurus carwayensis Dix and Pringle p. 93 fig. 2
1929Belinurus truemani Dix and Pringle p. 94 fig. 3
1929Belinurus pustulosus Dix and Pringle p. 95 fig. 4
1929Belinurus bellulus Dix and Pringle p. 97 fig. 5
1929Belinurus arcuatus Dix and Pringle p. 98 fig. 6
1929Belinurus koenigianus Dix and Pringle p. 100 fig. 8
1930Belinurus morgani Dix and Pringle p. 137 fig. 1
1930Belinurus truemani Dix and Pringle p. 138 fig. 2
1930Belinurus bellulus Dix and Pringle p. 139 fig. 3
1930Belinurus konigianus Dix and Pringle p. 141
1930Belinurus reginae Dix and Pringle p. 141
1944Koenigiella arcuata Raymond p. 480
1944Koenigiella koenigiana Raymond p. 480
1944Koenigiella reginae Raymond p. 480
1955Belinurus lunatus Prantl and Přibyl p. 385 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2
1957Belinurus grandaevus Copeland p. 48 figs. Pl 16, figs 1,3-8
1957Belinurus reginae Copeland p. 48 figs. Pl 16, figs 2,9,10
1996Bellinurus lunatus Filipiak and Krawczyński p. 420 figs. 3C-H, 5
2013Bellinurus baldwini Dunlop et al. p. 10
2013Bellinurus bellulus Dunlop et al. p. 10
2013Bellinurus koenigianus Dunlop et al. p. 10
2013Bellinurus longicaudatus Dunlop et al. p. 10
2013Bellinurus morgani Dunlop et al. p. 10
2013Bellinurus reginae Dunlop et al. p. 10
2013Bellinurus truemani Dunlop et al. p. 10
2016Bellinurus bellulus Lamsdell p. 184 fig. 1
2016Bellinurus trilobitoides Lamsdell p. 184 fig. 1
2020Belinurus bellulus Lamsdell p. 13
2020Belinurus carwayensis Lamsdell p. 13 fig. 1G
2020Belinurus concinnus Lamsdell p. 13
2020Belinurus grandaevus Lamsdell p. 13
2020Belinurus morgani Lamsdell p. 13 fig. 1J
2020Belinurus pustulosus Lamsdell p. 13
2020Belinurus trechmanni Lamsdell p. 14
2020Belinurus trilobitoides Lamsdell p. 14
2020Koenigiella reginae Lamsdell p. 14
2020Koenigiella baldwini Lamsdell p. 15
2020Koenigiella koenigianus Lamsdell p. 15
2020Koenigiella longicaudatus Lamsdell p. 15
2020Koenigiella truemani Lamsdell p. 15
2020Macrobelinurus arcuatus Lamsdell p. 15
2020Parabelinurus lunatus Lamsdell p. 15
2021Belinurus carwayensis Lamsdell and Clapham p. 1353
2021Belinurus concinnus Lamsdell and Clapham p. 1353
2021Belinurus grandaevus Lamsdell and Clapham p. 1353
2021Belinurus morgani Lamsdell and Clapham p. 1353
2021Belinurus trilobitoides Lamsdell and Clapham p. 1353
2021Belinurus pustulosus Lamsdell and Clapham p. 1354
2021Belinurus trechmanni Lamsdell and Clapham p. 1354
2022Belinurus trilobitoides Lamsdell

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

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 trilobitoides Buckland 1837
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Invalid names: Belinurus bellulus Pictet 1846 [objective synonym], Belinurus carwayensis Dix and Pringle 1929 [synonym], Belinurus concinnus Dix and Pringle 1929 [synonym], Belinurus koenigianus Woodward 1872 [synonym], Belinurus lunatus Martin 1809 [synonym], Belinurus morgani Dix and Pringle 1930 [synonym], Belinurus pustulosus Dix and Pringle 1929 [synonym], Belinurus reginae Baily 1859 [synonym], Belinurus truemani Dix and Pringle 1929 [synonym], Bellinurus baldwini Woodward 1907 [synonym], Bellinurus grandaevus Jones and Woodward 1899 [synonym], Bellinurus longicaudatus Woodward 1907 [synonym], Bellinurus trechmanni Woodward 1918 [synonym], Steropis arcuatus Baily 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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