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Strobilopterus

Eurypterida - Strobilopteridae

Taxonomy
Strobilopterus was named by Ruedemann (1935) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg-u Sepkoski's reference number: 360]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Strobilopteridae.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Strobilopterus Ruedemann
1955Strobilopterus Størmer p. 39
1961Syntomopterus Kjellesvig-Waering
2002Strobilopterus Sepkoski
2002Syntomopterus Sepkoski
2007Syntomopterella Tetlie
2020Strobilopterus Dunlop et al. p. 22

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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
suborderEurypterinaBurmeister 1843
superfamilyEurypteroideaBurmeister 1843
familyStrobilopteridaeLamsdell and Selden 2013
genusStrobilopterusRuedemann 1935

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. †Strobilopterus Ruedemann 1935
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†Strobilopterus laticeps Schmidt 1883
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Invalid names: Dolichopterus stoermeri Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1956 [synonym]
†Strobilopterus princetonii Ruedemann 1934
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Invalid names: Erieopterus latus Ruedemann 1935 [synonym]
†Strobilopterus richardsoni Kjellesvig-Waering 1961
Invalid names: Syntomopterella Tetlie 2007 [synonym], Syntomopterus Kjellesvig-Waering 1961 [synonym]
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 Homerian to the top of the Emsian or 430.50000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Estonia (Saaremaa) Dolichopterus stormeri (75497)
Rootsikula426.2 - 422.9Estonia Dolichopterus stormeri (26922)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6USA (Ohio) Syntomopterus richardsoni (26874)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3USA (Wyoming) S. princetoni (26176)