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Drepanopterus pentlandicus

Eurypterida - Drepanopteridae

Taxonomy
Drepanopterus pentlandicus 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 Drepanopterus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Drepanopterus pentlandicus Laurie
1899Drepanopterus pentlandicus Laurie p. 584 figs. Pl 4, fig 22
2013Drepanopterus pentlandicus Dunlop et al. p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
orderEurypteridaBurmeister 1843
suborderStylonurinaDiener 1924
superfamilyMycteropoideaCope 1886
familyDrepanopteridaeKjellesvig-Waering 1966
genusDrepanopterusLaurie 1892
speciespentlandicusLaurie 1892

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: Telychian or 438.60000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Drepanopterus pentlandicus (26885)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Drepanopterus pentlandicus (type locality: 153581)