Fossil specimen : NMW 29.197.G2 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Merostomata Order Xiphosura |
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| Fossil Name | Bellinurus pustulosus Dix & Pringle, 1929 |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Bellinurus pustulosus Dix & Pringle, 1929 – See Dix and Pringle (1929): Holotype Belinurus sp. – See Dix (1928b) |
| Registration No. | 29.197.G2 |
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| Collector | Name not available |
| Donor or Associated Person | Dix, E. |
| Held By |
 Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum of Wales
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| Comments |
| Country | Wales |
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| Locality | Carway Colliery, Carway, Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire |
| Grid Reference | Available from host institution |
| Rock Unit | Stanllyd Seam, Lower Coal Measures |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Bolsovian Substage (Carboniferous Period) – Duckmantian Substage (Carboniferous Period) (309.5 – 318 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Moscovian Age – Bashkirian Age ] |
| References | Dix, E. 1928b. The Coal Measures of the Gwendraeth valley and adjoining areas. Proceedings of the South Wales Institute of Engineers, Vol. 44, 423-510. p.480 as Belinurus sp. Dix, E. and Pringle, J. 1929. On the fossil Xiphosura from the South Wales Coalfield, with a note on the myriapid Euphoberia. Summary of the Progress of the Geological Survey, London, for 1928, 90-114. p.95, text-fig.4. |
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