A new, giant xiphosurid from the lower Namurian of Weardale, County Durham
- 6 June 1987
- journal article
- Published by Geological Society of London in Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society
- Vol. 46 (2) , 153-168
- https://doi.org/10.1144/pygs.46.2.153
Abstract
SUMMARY: One of the largest xiphosurid specimens known from the fossil record, found in the lower Namurian strata of Weardale, is described as Xaniopyramis linseyi gen. et sp. nov. It is referred to the Limuloidea, Moravuridae Přibyl, 1967. Xaniopyramis was probably a burrowing form and a poor swimmer; it is the first xiphosurid body fossil recorded from the British Namurian and supports the idea of a marine faunal connection at this time with the central-eastern European area.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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