AN EFFACED HORSESHOE CRAB (ARTHROPODA: CHELICERATA: XIPHOSURA) FROM THE UPPER CARBONIFEROUS OF THE CARNIC ALPS (FRIULI, NE ITALY)
Autor: | PAUL A. SELDEN, LUCA SIMONETTO, GIORDANO MARSIGLIO |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Zdroj: | Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, Vol 125, Iss 2 (2019) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 0035-6883 2039-4942 |
DOI: | 10.13130/2039-4942/11517 |
Popis: | A carapace of a new horseshoe crab (Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Xiphosura) is described from the Upper Carboniferous (Kasimovian) Meledis Formation of the Carnic Alps, Friuli, Italy. It is named as Stilpnocephalus pontebbanus n. gen. & n. sp., and belongs to the family Belinuridae Zittel in Zittel & Eastman, 1913. The large (>8 cm width) carapace is strongly effaced and appears to lack eyes. The new specimen is the first fossil horseshoe crab to be described from Italy and the largest known belinurid. |
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