Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae
Alternative combinations: Adelophthalmus (Eurypterus) granosus, Polyzosterites granosus
Belongs to Adelophthalmus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Goldenberg 1873, Jordan 1854, Kjellesvig-Waering 1958, Scudder 1879 and Tetlie and Dunlop 2005
Sister taxa: Adelophthalmus (Eurypterus), Adelophthalmus approximatus, Adelophthalmus asturica, Adelophthalmus brasdorense, Adelophthalmus cambieri, Adelophthalmus carbonarius, Adelophthalmus chinensis, Adelophthalmus corneti, Adelophthalmus douvillei, Adelophthalmus dubius, Adelophthalmus dumonti, Adelophthalmus imhofi, Adelophthalmus irinae, Adelophthalmus kamyshtensis, Adelophthalmus kidstoni, Adelophthalmus lohesti, Adelophthalmus luceroensis, Adelophthalmus mansfieldi, Adelophthalmus mazonensis, Adelophthalmus moyseyi, Adelophthalmus nebraskensis, Adelophthalmus pennsylvanicus, Adelophthalmus perornatus, Adelophthalmus piussii, Adelophthalmus pruvosti, Adelophthalmus pyrrhae, Adelophthalmus raniceps, Adelophthalmus sellardsi, Adelophthalmus sievertsi, Adelophthalmus waterstoni, Adelophthalmus wilsoni, Adelophthalmus zadrai, Glyptoscorpius kidstoni, Lepidoderma imhofi
Type specimen: Mus. f. Naturk. Berlin, K 29, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Railroad cutting at Jägersfreude, which is in a Westphalian C terrestrial siltstone in the Saarbrucken’schen Kohlengebirges Formation of Germany.
Distribution: found only at Railroad cutting at Jägersfreude
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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