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Hardieopterus

Eurypterida - Hardieopteridae

Taxonomy
Hardieopterus is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Stylonurus macrophthalmus. It is the type genus of Hardieopteridae.

It was assigned to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hardieopteridae by Dunlop et al. (2013) and Dunlop et al. (2020).

Species
H. macrophthalmus
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. myops

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Hardieopterus Sepkoski
2013Hardieopterus Dunlop et al. p. 17
2020Hardieopterus Dunlop et al. p. 17

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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
superfamilyKokomopteroideaKjellesvig-Waering 1966
familyHardieopteridaeTollerton 1989
genusHardieopterus

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.

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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 Telychian to the top of the Pridoli or 438.50000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Pennsylvania) H. myops (12763)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4United Kingdom (Scotland) H. macrophthalmus (26885)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Pennsylvania) H. myops (12765)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (Scotland) H. lanarkensis (26886)
Llandovery - Ludlow443.4 - 423.0USA (New York) H. myops (12764)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Stylonurus macrophthalmus (153581)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2United Kingdom (England) H. megalops (26914)