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Adelophthalmus piussii

Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae

Taxonomy
Adelophthalmus piussii was named by Lamsdell et al. (2013). Its type specimen is MFSNgp 31861 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Malga Tratte, Bombaso valley, which is in a Kasimovian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Meledis Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. brasdorensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Adelophthalmus piussii Lamsdell et al. p. 149 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
orderEurypteridaHuxley 1857
suborderEurypterinaNovojilov 1962
infraorderDiploperculata
superfamilyAdelophthalmoideaTollerton 1989
familyAdelophthalmidaeTollerton 1989
genusAdelophthalmusJordan and von Mayer 1854
speciespiussii

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Adelophthalmus piussii Lamsdell et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available