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Bellinurus trilobitoides (Buckland, 1836)
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Taxonomy
Horseshoe Crab
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Xiphosura
Order: Xiphosurida
Family: Bellinuridae
Genus: Bellinurus
Species: Bellinurus trilobitoides
Author Citation (Buckland, 1836)
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Carboniferous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Bashkirian
Stratigraphy
Pennine Coal Measures Group
Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation
Provenance
Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 07/01/2004
Acquired by: Field Collection
Location
Crock Hey Open Cast
Wigan
Lancashire
United Kingdom
Comments
References:
E R Eller (1936): A review of the xiphosuran genus Bellinurus with the description of a new species, B Alleganyensis. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, v. 27, art. 8.
Selden, P. & Siveter, D. 1987: The origin of limuloids. Lethaia, Vol. 20, pp. 383-392, Oslo.
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