Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae
Alternative combination: Eurypterus douvillei
Full reference: W. De Lima. 1890. Note sur un nouval Eurypterus du Rothliegendes de Bussaco. Communicações da Commisão dos Trabalhos Geològicos da Portugal 2:153-157
Belongs to Adelophthalmus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also De Lima 1890 and Kjellesvig-Waering 1958
Sister taxa: Adelophthalmus (Eurypterus), Adelophthalmus approximatus, Adelophthalmus asturica, Adelophthalmus brasdorense, Adelophthalmus cambieri, Adelophthalmus carbonarius, Adelophthalmus chinensis, Adelophthalmus corneti, 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 piussii, Adelophthalmus pruvosti, Adelophthalmus pyrrhae, Adelophthalmus raniceps, Adelophthalmus sellardsi, Adelophthalmus sievertsi, Adelophthalmus waterstoni, Adelophthalmus wilsoni, Adelophthalmus zadrai, Glyptoscorpius kidstoni, Lepidoderma imhofi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bussaco, S. of Chalet-Navarro (Carboniferous of Portugal)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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