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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), Lamsdell (2025).

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
2025Strobilopterus Lamsdell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
orderEurypteridaHuxley 1857
suborderEurypterinaNovojilov 1962
superfamilyDolichopteroideaKjellesvig-Waering and Størmer 1952
familyStrobilopteridae
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 Rootsikula to the top of the Emsian or 428.60000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Estonia (Saaremaa) Dolichopterus stormeri (75497)
Rootsikula428.6 - 426.7Estonia Dolichopterus stormeri (26922)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62USA (Ohio) Syntomopterus richardsoni (26874)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47USA (Wyoming) S. princetoni (26176)