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Erettopterus serricaudatus

Eurypterida - Pterygotidae

Taxonomy
Truncatiramus serricaudatus was named by Kjellesvig-Waering (1979). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Erettopterus serricaudatus by Ciurca and Tetlie (2007), Lamsdell (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. saetiger, E. bilobus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Erettopterus carinatus Kjellesvig-Waering
1979Truncatiramus serricaudatus Kjellesvig-Waering
2007Erettopterus serricaudatus Ciurca and Tetlie
2025Erettopterus serricaudatus Lamsdell

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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
superfamilyPterygotoideaClarke and Ruedemann 1912
familyPterygotidaeClarke and Ruedemann 1912
genusErettopterusSalter 1859
speciesserricaudatus(Kjellesvig-Waering 1979)

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.

†Erettopterus serricaudatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1979
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Invalid names: Erettopterus carinatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1979 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available