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