| Kasibelinurus | |
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| Images ofKasibelinurus fossils from the Devonian | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Family: | †Kasibelinuridae |
| Genus: | †Kasibelinurus Pickett, 1993 |
| Type species | |
| Kasibelinurus amicorum[3] Pickett, 1993 | |
Kasibelinurus (meaning "sibling of dart tail" for its perceived relation toBelinurus at the time) is a genus ofxiphosuran from theDevonian.[4] It is part of the family Kasibelinuridae.[5] The type species and only species ofKasibelinurus isK. amicorum (derived from Latin wordamicus meaning 'friend'). The type species was set by J. Pickett in 1993.[6]
The genusKasibelinurus was described by Pickett as having "Ophthalmic ridges effaced; precardiac field defined by anterior prolongations of the cardiac furrows; opisthosomal pleurae with distinct inner and outer zones." The same source later states thatKasibelinurus had atelson with restricted movement based on the shape of the opisthosoma.
Patesia - genus of horseshoe crabs formerly thought to be of Kasibelinurus
Houia - genus of dekatriatan formerly thought to be part of Kasibelinurus
