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Hardieopterus macrophthalmus
Taxonomy
Stylonurus macrophthalmus was named by Laurie (1892). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Gutterford Burn Eurypterid bed, Pentland Hills, which is in a Telychian offshore sandstone in the Reservoir Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Hardieopterus.
It was recombined as Hardieopterus macrophthalmus by Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Hardieopterus macrophthalmus by Dunlop et al. (2013).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1892 | Stylonurus macrophthalmus Laurie |
| 1899 | Stylonurus macrophthalmus Laurie p. 579 figs. Pl 1, figs 4-7 |
| 2013 | Hardieopterus macrophthalmus Dunlop et al. p. 17 |
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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.
†Hardieopterus macrophthalmus Laurie 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Telychian or 438.50000 to 433.40000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Llandovery | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Hardieopterus macrophthalmus (26885) | |
| Telychian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Stylonurus macrophthalmus (type locality: 153581) |