XIII.—<i>Some Coal Measure Arthropods from the South Wales Coalfield</i>

Dix, Emily; Pringle, J. W. S.

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“…Brauckmann, Koch, and Kemper, 1985. Remarks.-A number of trigonotarbid fossils were originally assigned to Eophrynus (cf. Stur 1877;Gill 1924;Dix and Pringle 1930;Guthörl 1938;Petrunkevitch 1949;Ambrose and Romano 1972). With the exception of E. prestvicii and E. udus, all have since been either synonymised or transferred to other genera/families; see e.g., Dunlop (1994Dunlop ( , 1995aDunlop ( , 1998 and discussions of the genera above.…”

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Tomographic reconstruction of the exceptionally preserved trigonotarbid arachnid Eophrynus prestvicii

Dunlop¹,

Garwood²

2012

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An exceptionally preserved specimen of the extinct trigonotarbid arachnid Eophrynus prestvicii (Arachnida: Trigonotarbida) from the Late Carboniferous (Duckmantian) British Middle Coal Measures of the UK is redescribed with the help of X-ray micro-tomography (XMT). Previous work is summarised and the correct spelling of the species name confirmed. Reconstruction of the void left by the original specimen within a siderite (ironstone) nodule reveals its three-dimensional

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Tomographic reconstruction of the exceptionally preserved trigonotarbid arachnid Eophrynus prestvicii

Dunlop¹,

Garwood²

2012

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“…Included species. Belinurus carwayensis Dix & Pringle, 1929 ; Belinurus concinnus Dix & Pringle, 1929 ; Belinurus grandaevus Jones & Woodward, 1899 ; Belinurus kiltorkensis Baily, 1969 ; Belinurus morgani Dix & Pringle, 1930 ; Belinurus pustulosus Dix & Pringle, 1929 ; Belinurus silesiacus ( Roemer, 1883 ); Belinurus sustai ( Prantl & Přıibyl 1956 ); Belinurus trechmanni Woodward, 1918 ; Belinurus trilobitoides ( Buckland, 1837 ).…”

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The phylogeny and systematics of Xiphosura

Lamsdell

2020

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Xiphosurans are aquatic chelicerates with a fossil record extending into the Early Ordovician and known from a total of 88 described species, four of which are extant. Known for their apparent morphological conservatism, for which they have gained notoriety as supposed ‘living fossils’, recent analyses have demonstrated xiphosurans to have an ecologically diverse evolutionary history, with several groups moving into non-marine environments and developing morphologies markedly different from those of the modern species. The combination of their long evolutionary and complex ecological history along with their paradoxical patterns of morphological stasis in some clades and experimentation among others has resulted in Xiphosura being of particular interest for macroevolutionary study. Phylogenetic analyses have shown the current taxonomic framework for Xiphosura—set out in the Treatise of Invertebrate Paleontology in 1955—to be outdated and in need of revision, with several common genera such as Paleolimulus Dunbar, 1923 and Limulitella Størmer, 1952 acting as wastebasket taxa. Here, an expanded xiphosuran phylogeny is presented, comprising 58 xiphosuran species as part of a 158 taxon chelicerate matrix coded for 259 characters. Analysing the matrix under both Bayesian inference and parsimony optimisation criteria retrieves a concordant tree topology that forms the basis of a genus-level systematic revision of xiphosuran taxonomy. The genera Euproops Meek, 1867, Belinurus König, 1820, Paleolimulus, Limulitella, and Limulus are demonstrated to be non-monophyletic and the previously synonymized genera Koenigiella Raymond, 1944 and Prestwichianella Cockerell, 1905 are shown to be valid. In addition, nine new genera (Andersoniella gen. nov., Macrobelinurus gen. nov., and Parabelinurus gen. nov. in Belinurina; Norilimulus gen. nov. in Paleolimulidae; Batracholimulus gen. nov. and Boeotiaspis gen. nov. in Austrolimulidae; and Allolimulus gen. nov., Keuperlimulus gen. nov., and Volanalimulus gen. nov. in Limulidae) are erected to accommodate xiphosuran species not encompassed by existing genera. One new species, Volanalimulus madagascarensis gen. et sp. nov., is also described. Three putative xiphosuran genera—Elleria Raymond, 1944, Archeolimulus Chlupáč, 1963, and Drabovaspis Chlupáč, 1963—are determined to be non-xiphosuran arthropods and as such are removed from Xiphosura. The priority of Belinurus König, 1820 over Bellinurus Pictet, 1846 is also confirmed. This work is critical for facilitating the study of the xiphosuran fossil record and is the first step in resolving longstanding questions regarding the geographic distribution of the modern horseshoe crab species and whether they truly represent ‘living fossils’. Understanding the long evolutionary history of Xiphosura is vital for interpreting how the modern species may respond to environmental change and in guiding conservation efforts.

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“…Belinurus trilobitoides (Buckland, 1837) Figure 1 Lectotype. Remarks.-Fifteen of the 22 species historically included within Belinurus have been considered synonyms after critical evaluation by a number of researchers (Fisher, 1975;Anderson, 1996), with many regularly co-occurring (e.g., B. reginae and B. grandaevus in Nova Scotia, Canada (Copeland, 1957); B. arcuatus and B. reginae in Leinster, Ireland (Baily, 1863); B. trilobitoides, B. lunatus, B. longicaudatus, and B. baldwini in Rochdale, UK ; B. morgani, B. trilobitoides, and B. reginae in Neath, Wales (Dix and Pringle, 1930)). Haug and Haug (2020), in reconstructing an ontogenetic series of Belinurus specimens based on material held in the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH), did not refer to the previous species assignments of individual specimens but included numerous specimens referred to B. trilobitoides (BMNH 18357, 18565, 18571, 36188, 13897, 13898, 13958, In41494, 46421) along with the holotypes of B. baldwini (BMNH Most of the 14 junior synonyms of B. trilobitoides were diagnosed on the basis of dubious morphological criteria that are now known to be the result of taphonomic or ontogenetic processes, a conclusion supported by recent increases in our understanding of horseshoe crab decay (Babcock and Chang, 1997) and development (Haug et al, 2012;Haug and Rötzer, 2018;Tashman et al, 2019;Haug and Haug, 2020;Lamsdell, 2021).…”

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One name to rule them all:Belinurus trilobitoides(Buckland, ) is senior synonym to fourteen named species

Lamsdell

2021

J. Paleontol.

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One of the oldest fossil horseshoe crabs figured in the literature is Entomolithus lunatus Martin, 1809, a Carboniferous species included in his Petrificata Derbiensia. While the species has generally been included within the genus Belinurus Bronn, 1839, it was recently used as the type species of the new genus Parabelinurus Lamsdell, 2020. However, recent investigation as to the appropriate authority for Belinurus (see Lamsdell and Clapham, 2021) revealed that all the names in Petrificata Derbiensia were suppressed in Opinion 231 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1954) for being consistently nonbinomial under Article 11.4 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999). Despite the validation of several species names for anthozoans, brachiopods, and cephalopods described in Petrificata Derbiensia in subsequent rulings (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1956a, b), Belinurus lunatus has not been the subject of any subsequent Commission ruling or opinion, and so its use in Petrificata Derbiensia remains suppressed. The Belinurus lunatus species name was used in several subsequent publications during the 1800s, none of which made the name available under ICZN article 11.5; Parkinson (1811) is also suppressed for being nonbinomial, while Woodward (1830), Buckland (1837), Bronn (1839), and Baily (1859) refer to the species only as a synonym of Belinurus trilobitoides (Buckland, 1837) through citation to the suppressed Pretificata Derbiensia. The first author to make Belinurus lunatus an available name was Baldwin (1905), who used the name in reference to a new figured specimen from Sparth Bottoms, Rochdale, UK, but again as an explicit junior synonym of Belinurus trilobitoides (Buckland, 1837). Therefore, it was not until Eller (1938) treated B. lunatus as a distinct species from B. trilobitoides that B. lunatus became an available name as per ICZN Article 11.6.1 under the authorship of Baldwin (1905) following ICZN Article 50.7.

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XIII.—Some Coal Measure Arthropods from the South Wales Coalfield

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Tomographic reconstruction of the exceptionally preserved trigonotarbid arachnid Eophrynus prestvicii

Tomographic reconstruction of the exceptionally preserved trigonotarbid arachnid Eophrynus prestvicii

The phylogeny and systematics of Xiphosura

One name to rule them all:Belinurus trilobitoides(Buckland, ) is senior synonym to fourteen named species

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