Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae
Full reference: J.C. Lamsdell, V.E. McCoy, O. A. Perron-Feller and M. J. Hopkins. 2004. Air breathing in an exceptionally preserved 340-million-year-old sea scorpion . Current Biology 30(21):4316-4321
Belongs to Adelophthalmus according to J.C. Lamsdell et al. 2004
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 piussii, Adelophthalmus pruvosti, Adelophthalmus raniceps, Adelophthalmus sellardsi, Adelophthalmus sievertsi, Adelophthalmus waterstoni, Adelophthalmus wilsoni, Adelophthalmus zadrai, Lepidoderma imhofi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Montagne Noire (Carboniferous of France)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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