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Belinurina

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Belinuracea Zittel and Eastman
1938Euproopacea Eller
1955Belinuracea Størmer p. 20
1955Euproopacea Størmer p. 20
1975Belinuracea Bergström p. 302
1975Belinurina Bergström p. 302
1975Euproopacea Bergström p. 303
2016Belinurina Lamsdell p. 187
2020Belinurina Dunlop et al. p. 10
2020Belinurina Lamsdell p. 12
2021Belinurina Lamsdell and Clapham p. 1353

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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
suborderBelinurina

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.

Subor. †Belinurina Bergström 1975
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Fm. †Belinuridae Zittel and Eastman 1913
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G. †Alanops Racheboeuf et al. 2002
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†Alanops magnificus Racheboeuf et al. 2002
G. †Anacontium Raymond 1944
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†Anacontium carpenteri Raymond 1944
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Invalid names: Anacontium brevis Raymond 1944 [synonym]
G. †Andersoniella Lamsdell 2020
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†Andersoniella longispina Packard 1885
G. †Belinurus Bronn 1839
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†Belinurus iswarinensis Chernyshev 1927
†Belinurus kiltorkensis Baily 1870
†Belinurus lacoei Packard 1885
†Belinurus metschetensis Chernyshev 1927
†Belinurus silesiacus Roemer 1883
†Belinurus stepanovi Chernyshev 1927
†Belinurus sustai Prantl and Přibyl 1955
†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]
Invalid names: Koenigiella Raymond 1944 [synonym], Macrobelinurus Lamsdell 2020 [synonym], Parabelinurus Lamsdell 2020 [synonym], Steropis Baily 1858 [synonym]
G. †Euproops Meek 1867
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†Euproops danae Meek and Worthen 1865
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Invalid names: Euproops amiae Woodward 1918 [synonym], Euproops colletti White 1884 [synonym], Euproops darrahi Raymond 1944 [synonym], Euproops graigolae Dix and Pringle 1929 [synonym], Euproops gwenti Dix and Pringle 1929 [synonym], Euproops islwyni Dix and Pringle 1929 [synonym], Euproops kilmersdonensis Ambrose and Romano 1972 [synonym], Euproops laevicula Raymond 1944 [synonym], Euproops laticephalus Raymond 1944 [synonym], Euproops meeki Dix and Pringle 1929 [synonym], Euproops nitida Dix and Pringle 1929 [synonym], Euproops packardi Willard and Jones 1935 [synonym], Euproops thompsoni Raymond 1944 [synonym], Prestwichia (Euproops) scheeleana Ebert 1892 [synonym], Prestwichianella zalesskii Chernyshev 1927 [synonym]
G. †Liomesaspis Raymond 1944
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†Liomesaspis laevis Raymond 1944
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Invalid names: Palatinaspis beimbaueri Malz and Poschmann 1993 [synonym], Pringlia bispinosa Raymond 1944 [synonym], Pringlia demaistrei Vandenberghe 1960 [synonym], Pringlia fritschi Remy and Remy 1959 [synonym], Pringlia leonardensis Tasch 1961 [synonym]
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]
G. †Pringlia Raymond 1944
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†Pringlia birtwelli Woodward 1872
Invalid names: Palatinaspis Malz and Poschmann 1993 [synonym]
G. †Prolimulus Fritsch 1899
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†Prolimulus woodwardi Fritsch 1899
G. †Protolimulus Packard 1886
G. †Stilpnocephalus Selden et al. 2019
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†Stilpnocephalus pontebbanus Selden et al. 2019
G. †Xiphosuroides Shpinev and Vasilenko 2018
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†Xiphosuroides khakassicus Shpinev and Vasilenko 2018
Invalid names: Euproopidae Eller 1938 [synonym], Liomesaspididae Raymond 1944 [synonym]
Superfm. †Eolimulacea Bergström 1968
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G. †Drabovaspis Chlupáč 1963
Fm. †Eolimulidae Bergström 1968
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G. †Eolimulus Bergström 1968
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†Eolimulus alata Moberg 1892
Invalid names: Belinuracea Zittel and Eastman 1913 [invalid subgroup], Euproopacea Eller 1938 [invalid subgroup]
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: base of the Early/Lower Cambrian to the top of the Artinskian or 538.80000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (110 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Sweden (Öland) Eolimulus alata (210576)
Sarka466.0 - 466.0Czech Republic Archeolimulus sp. (3857)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Russian Federation Belinurus sp. (24775)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Ireland Belinurus kiltorkensis (32230)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Montana) Euproopidae indet. (90681) Euproops sp. (116654)
Arnsbergian - Chokierian327.0 - 322.8Russian Federation (Khaskassia) Xiphosuroides khakassicus (216762)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Canada (Nova Scotia) Belinurus grandaevus (216609 216610) Belinurus reginae (216606) Belinurus reginae, Belinurus grandaevus (216608) Euproops danae (216611)
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7Ukraine (Donetsk) Bellinurus iswarinensis (216509)
Yeadonian320.0 - 318.7Poland Belinurus silesiacus (140626)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Czech Republic Belinurus lunatus (114184) Belinurus sustai (157231)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Germany Prestwichia scheeleana (216560)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (Nova Scotia) Bellinurus grandaevus, Belinurus reginae (216571) Euproops danae (216612)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Ukraine (Donetsk) Bellinurus iswarinensis (216469)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (England) Bellinurus baldwini, Bellinurus longicaudatus (34905) Liomesaspis laevis, Bellinurus trilobitoides, Euproops rotundatus (124367)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Ireland (Lenister) Bellinurus arcuatus (175806)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Ireland Bellinurus regina, Steropis arcuatus, Belinurus rotundus (216070)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Poland Euproops rotundatus, Bellinurus lunatus (216873)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Lancashire) Bellinurus trilobitoides, Liomesaspis birtwelli, Euproops rotundatus (172765) Prestwichia birtwelli (153487)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9United Kingdom (Wales) Belinurus bellulus (216522) Belinurus sp. (216526) Euproops cambrensis (216536)
Westphalian A - Westphalian B318.7 - 314.6Ukraine (Donetsk) Prestwichia sp. (216447)
Westphalian A - Westphalian B318.7 - 314.6Ukraine (Luhansk) Bellinurus sp. (216510)
Westphalian A - Westphalian C318.7 - 309.8Ukraine (Donetsk) Bellinurus iswarinensis (216448)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.5USA (Pennsylvania) Euproops packardi (216749)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom Belinurus konigianus (172784)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (Wales) Belinurus arcuatus (216524) Belinurus bellulus (172781) Belinurus bellulus, Belinurus reginae (172782) Belinurus carwayensis (216519) Belinurus concinnus, Belinurus arcuatus (216518) Belinurus koenigianus (216525) Belinurus morgani (172779) Belinurus pustulosus (216521) Belinurus reginae (172783) Belinurus sp. (172785 216523 216527) Belinurus truemani (172780 216520) Euproops scheeleana (216537) Euproops sp. (216539) Prestwichianella rotundata (216529)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (Staffordshire) Bellinurus koenigianus (153555)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6Russian Federation (Rostov) Bellinurus iswarinensis (216445) Bellinurus metschetnensis (216446)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6United Kingdom (England) Limulus anthrax, Limulus rotundatus (216649) Limulus trilobitoides (216648) Prestwichia sp. (127218)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Czech Republic (Pilsen) Prolimulus woodwardi (128574)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8Russian Federation Bellinurus sp., Euproops danae (149705) Bellinurus stepanovi (216471)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8Ukraine (Donetsk) Prestwichia danae (216442)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8Germany Euproops bifidus (216763)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8Ukraine (Luhansk) Bellinurus iswarinensis, Bellinurus stepanowi (216444)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8United Kingdom (Wales) Prestwichianella sp. (216531)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8United Kingdom (England) Bellinurus trechmanni (139748)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.5Canada (Nova Scotia) Euproops amiae (139747 216613 216614)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.5Ukraine (Donetsk) Prestwichia danae (216467)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5Germany (Lower Saxony) Euproops sp. (122518)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5United Kingdom Euproops kilmersdonensis (162731) Euproops sp., Euproops meeki (141947)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5United Kingdom (Wales) Euproops anthrax (216538) Euproops graigolae, Prestwichianella nitida (127543) Euproops gwenti, Euproops islwyni (216533) Euproops sp. (216540 216541) Prestwichianella rotundata (127292 216528 216530)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5United Kingdom (Somerset) Euproops danae (216068)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5Russian Federation (Rostov) Prestwichia danae (216466)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Pennsylvania) Euproops darrahi (216747) Euproops longispina (125698 216617) Euproops packardi (216792)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Indiana) Euproops danae (216797) Euproops danae, Euproops colletti (216796)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5USA (Illinois) Bellinurus danae (152106) Bellinurus lacoei (21981) Euproops danae, Euproops laevicula, Pringlia bispinosa (112630) Euproops danae, Liomesaspis laevis (122512) Euproops thompsoni (114454)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Euproops danae (34254)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Italy Stilpnocephalus pontebbanus (157324)
Stephanian B301.5 - 301.0France Alanops magnificus (122490)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4USA (Pennsylvania) Euproops laticephalus (216748)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4Germany Pringlia fritschi (172340 216751 216753 216754 216755 216756)
Stephanian C301.0 - 300.4France Euproops mariae (216516) Pringlia demaistrei (216766)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Germany Palatinaspis beimbaueri (112604)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Oklahoma) Anacontium carpenteri, Anacontium brevis (104824)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) Pringlia leonardensis (216770)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3South Korea Euproops orientalis (216595)