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Parahughmilleria longa

Eurypterida - Parahughmilleriidae

Discussion

Specimen PIN, no. 1220/3 is placed in the genus Parahughmilleria Kjellesvig-

Waering, 1961 based on the parabolic shape of its prosoma, position of the compound eyes, and the Adelophthalmus- type swimming leg.

Taxonomy
Parahughmilleria longa was named by Shpinev (2012) [Placed by Novojilov (1958) as Stylonurus menneri? ; Kjellesvig-Waering and Leutze assigned it to Nanahughmilleria schiraensis (Pirozhnikov)]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is PIN 1220/3.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. bellistriata, P. major, P. maria, P. matarakensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Parahughmilleria longa Shpinev

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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
familyParahughmilleriidae
genusParahughmilleria
specieslonga

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.

†Parahughmilleria longa Shpinev 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available