Pseudoniscus

Pseudoniscus
Temporal range: Silurian
Pseudoniscus aculeatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Merostomata
Order: Xiphosura
Family: Pseudoniscidae
Genus: Pseudoniscus
Nieszkowski, 1859
Species

Pseudoniscus aculeatus
Pseudoniscus falcatus

Synonyms

Neolimulus Woodward

Pseudoniscus is an extinct genus of xiphosuran.

Neolimulus

Neolimulus was described as genus of xiphosuran on the basis of a single, crushed specimen from the Upper Silurian.[1] It is now recognised as a junior synonym of Pseudoniscus.[2]

References

  1. Woodward, H. (1868). "I.—On a New Limuloid Crustacean [Neolimulus falcatus] from the Upper Silurian of Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire". Geological Magazine 5 (43): 1. doi:10.1017/S0016756800207139.
  2. Anderson, L. I.; Selden, P. A. (1997). "Opisthosomal fusion and phylogeny of Palaeozoic Xiphosura" (PDF). Lethaia 30: 19–31. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1997.tb00440.x.


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