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Dolichopterus

Eurypterida - Dolichopteridae

Taxonomy
Dolichopterus was named by Hall (1859) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl D Sieg-l Sepkoski's reference number: 360]. It is the type genus of Dolichopteridae.

It was assigned to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dolichopteridae by Størmer (1955), Dunlop et al. (2013) and Dunlop et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Dolichopterus Hall
1955Dolichopterus Størmer p. 39
2002Dolichopterus Sepkoski
2013Dolichopterus Dunlop et al.
2020Dolichopterus Dunlop et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
orderEurypteridaBurmeister 1843
suborderStylonurinaDiener 1924
superfamilyStylonuroideaDiener 1924
familyDolichopteridaeKjellesvig-Waering and Stromer 1952
genusDolichopterusHall 1859

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.

G. †Dolichopterus Hall 1859
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†Dolichopterus asperatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1961
†Dolichopterus herkimerensis Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1956
†Dolichopterus jewetti Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Created: 2004-09-24 08:12:58
Modified: 2010-02-05 01:21:51
Source: o = order
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Pragian or 433.40000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) D. gotlandicus (26919)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2USA (Pennsylvania) Dolichopterus indet. (236592)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Maryland) D. sp. (488)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2United Kingdom (England) D. bulbosus (26915)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (New York) D. jewetti, D. herkimerensis (26087) D. macocheirus, D. siluriceps (26089) D. macrocheirus, D. siluriceps, D. jewetti, D. herkimerensis (491)
Cayugan421.3 - 419.2USA (New York) D. herkimerensis (75496) D. jewetti (75495)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6USA (Ohio) D. asperatus (26874)