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Rhenopteroidea

Eurypterida

Taxonomy
Rhenopteroidea was named by Størmer (1951). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Stylonurina by Lamsdell et al. (2010), Dunlop et al. (2020), Lamsdell (2025).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Rhenopteroidea Størmer
1989Brachyopterelloidea Tollerton
2010Rhenopteroidea Lamsdell et al.
2020Rhenopteroidea Dunlop et al. p. 17
2025Rhenopteroidea Lamsdell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
orderEurypteridaHuxley 1857
suborderStylonurinaNovojilov 1962
superfamilyRhenopteroideaStørmer 1951
superfamilyRhenopteroideaStørmer 1951

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.

Superfm. †Rhenopteroidea Størmer 1951
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Fm. †Brachyopteridae Lamsdell 2025
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G. †Brachyopterus Stormer 1951
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Brachyopterus stubblefieldi Størmer 1951
Fm. †Rhenopteridae Størmer 1951
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G. †Leiopterella Lamsdell et al. 2010
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Leiopterella tetliei Lamsdell et al. 2010
G. †Rhenopterus Størmer 1936
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Rhenopterus diensti Stoermer 1936
Rhenopterus dientsi Størmer 1936
Rhenopterus latus Størmer 1936
Rhenopterus tuberculatus Størmer 1936
G. †Stylonuroides Kjellesvig-Waering 1966
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Stylonuroides orientalis Shpinev 2012
Invalid names: Brachyopterellidae Tollerton 1989 [synonym], Rhenopterinae Størmer 1951 [empty]
Invalid names: Brachyopterelloidea Tollerton 1989 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available