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Pickettia carteri

Xiphosura - Kasibelinuridae

Taxonomy
Belinurus carteri was named by Eller (1940). Its type specimen is BMSC E 9644, a carapace, and it is a mold. Its type locality is Hanley Quarry, Lewis Run, which is in a Famennian marine sandstone in the Cattaraugus Formation of Pennsylvania.

It was corrected as Belinurus carterae by Eller (1940); it was recombined as Pickettia carteri by Bicknell et al. (2019) and Lamsdell (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Belinurus carterae Eller
1940Belinurus carteri Eller p. 133 fig. 1
2019Pickettia carteri Bicknell et al. p. 971 fig. 1
2020Pickettia carteri Lamsdell p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
familyKasibelinuridae
genusPickettia
speciescarteri()

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.

Pickettia carteri Eller 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektobenthicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-09-21 12:33:59
Modified: 2010-02-05 01:20:45
Source: c = class
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Pennsylvania) Belinurus carteri (type locality: 216211)