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Eurypterus raniceps

Eurypterida - Eurypteridae

Taxonomy
Anthracosaurus raniceps was named by Goldenberg (1873). It is not extant. Its type locality is Gersweiler, which is in a Westphalian D terrestrial horizon in the Auerswald coal seam Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Eurypterus raniceps by Waterlot (1934); it was recombined as Adelophthalmus raniceps by Tetlie and Poschmann (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. remipes, E. remipes, E. remipes, E. tetragonophthamus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Anthracosaurus raniceps Goldenberg
1934Eurypterus raniceps Waterlot
2008Adelophthalmus raniceps Tetlie and Poschmann

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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
superfamilyEurypteroideaBurmeister 1843
familyEurypteridaeBurmeister 1845
genusEurypterusDe Kay 1825
speciesraniceps()

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.

†Eurypterus raniceps Goldenberg 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available