Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae

Full reference: B. S. Kues and K. K. Kietzke. 1981. A Large Assemblage of a New Eurypterid from the Red Tanks Member, Madera Formation (Late Pennsylvanian-Early Permian) of New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 55(4):709-729

Belongs to Adelophthalmus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Kues and Kietzke 1981

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 granosus, Adelophthalmus imhofi, Adelophthalmus irinae, Adelophthalmus kamyshtensis, Adelophthalmus kidstoni, Adelophthalmus lohesti, 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, Lepidoderma imhofi

Type specimen: UNM 3082, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Middle Section, Lucero, Carrizo Arroyo, which is in a Gzhelian pond mudstone in the Bursum Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Middle Section, Lucero, Carrizo Arroyo

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.