Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae
Alternative combination: Eurypterus pennsylvanicus
Full reference: C. E. Hall. 1877. Contribution to Paleontology from the Museum of the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania . Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 16(99):621-622
Belongs to Adelophthalmus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Hall 1877 and Kjellesvig-Waering 1958
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 perornatus, Adelophthalmus piussii, Adelophthalmus pruvosti, Adelophthalmus pyrrhae, Adelophthalmus raniceps, Adelophthalmus sellardsi, Adelophthalmus sievertsi, Adelophthalmus waterstoni, Adelophthalmus wilsoni, Adelophthalmus zadrai, Lepidoderma imhofi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Rooker Farm, Pithole City (Carboniferous of Pennsylvania)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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