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Euproops rotundatus (Prestwich, 1840)
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Taxonomy
Horseshoe Crab
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Xiphosura
Order: Xiphosurida
Family: Bellinuridae
Genus: Euproops
Species: Euproops rotundatus
Author Citation PRESTWICH, 1840
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Carboniferous
Sub Period: Pennsylvanian
Epoch: Late
International Age: Bashkirian
Stratigraphy
unknown
Orzesze Bed
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Length: 3 cm
Location
'Porabka-Klimontóv' coal mine
Sosnowiec
Silesian Voivodeship
Poland
- bashkirian
- carboniferous
- euproops
- mazon creek
- orzesze bed
- silesian
- sosnowiec
- tff-oilshale-ar114
- westphal b
Comments
Siderite nodules coeval with those of Mazon Creek and containing comparable fauna and flora are also found in Great Britain and Poland, where this Euproops originated.
Reference:
Filipiak, P. & Krawczynski, W. (1996). Westphalian xiphosurans (Chelicerata) from the Upper Silesia Coal Basin of Sosnowiec, Poland. - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 41, 4, 413-425.
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