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Jaekelopterus
Taxonomy
Jaekelopterus is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Pterygotus rhenaniae.
It was assigned to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterygotidae by Dunlop et al. (2013), Dunlop et al. (2020), Lamsdell (2025).
It was assigned to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterygotidae by Dunlop et al. (2013), Dunlop et al. (2020), Lamsdell (2025).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Jaekelopterus Sepkoski |
| 2013 | Jaekelopterus Dunlop et al. p. 187 |
| 2020 | Jaekelopterus Dunlop et al. p. 27 |
| 2025 | Jaekelopterus Lamsdell |
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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. †Jaekelopterus
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†Jaekelopterus howelli Kjellesvig-Waering and Stoermer 1952
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Invalid names: Pterygotus mcgrewi Kjellesvig-Waering and Richardson 1986 [synonym]
†Jaekelopterus marylandicus Kjellesvig-Waering 1964
†Jaekelopterus rhenaniae Jaekel 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 432.90000 to 399.50000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wenlock | USA (Maryland) | Pterygotus marylandicus (14193) | |
| Lochkovian | USA (Wyoming) | J. howelli (153534) | |
| Pragian - Eifelian | Australia (New South Wales) | J. sp. (235896) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Germany | J. rhenaniae (155775) J. sp. (230899) | |
| Early/Lower Emsian | Germany (Alken) | J. rhenaniae (27049) | |
| Emsian | USA (Wyoming) | J. howelli (26176) |