Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae
Synonyms: Anthraconectes Meek and Worthen 1868, Glyptoscorpius Peach 1882, Lepidoderma Reuss 1855, Polyzosterites Goldenberg 1873, Polyzosternites Goldenberg 1873
Parent taxon: Adelophthalmidae according to J.A. Dunlop et al. 2020
See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Scudder 1879, Størmer 1955 and Tetlie and Dunlop 2005
Sister taxa: Bassipterus, Eysyslopterus, Nanahughmilleria, Parahughmilleria, Pittsfordipterus
Subtaxa: Glyptoscorpius kidstoni Lepidoderma imhofi
Type: Adelophthalmus (Eurypterus) granosus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Kansas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania collections)
• Virgilian of United States (1: New Mexico)
• Desmoinesian of United States (2: Pennsylvania)
• Westphalian of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Illinois)
• Carboniferous to Permian of China (1)
• Carboniferous of Belgium (6), the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Germany (1), Italy (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (2), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (4: Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Pennsylvania)
• Devonian of Australia (1), Belgium (1), Germany (2), United States (2: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania )
Total: 42 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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