Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae

Full reference: J. C. Lamsdell, L. Simonetto, and P. A. Selden. 2013. First eurypterid from Italy: a new species of Adelophthalmus (Chelocerata: Eurypterida) from the upper Carboniferous of the Carnic Alps (Friuli, NE Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 119:147-151

Belongs to Adelophthalmus according to J. C. Lamsdell et al. 2013

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 luceroensis, Adelophthalmus mansfieldi, Adelophthalmus mazonensis, Adelophthalmus moyseyi, Adelophthalmus nebraskensis, Adelophthalmus pennsylvanicus, Adelophthalmus perornatus, Adelophthalmus pruvosti, Adelophthalmus pyrrhae, Adelophthalmus raniceps, Adelophthalmus sellardsi, Adelophthalmus sievertsi, Adelophthalmus waterstoni, Adelophthalmus wilsoni, Adelophthalmus zadrai, Lepidoderma imhofi

Type specimen: MFSNgp 31861. Its type locality is Malga Tratte, Bombaso valley, which is in a Kasimovian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Meledis Formation of Italy.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Malga Tratte, Bombaso valley

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