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Parastylonurus ornatus

Eurypterida - Parastylonuridae

Taxonomy
Stylonurus ornatus 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 Parastylonurus.

It was recombined as Parastylonurus ornatus by Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Stylonurus ornatus Laurie
1899Stylonurus ornatus Laurie p. 579 figs. Pl 1, fig 8; pl 2, figs 10-12
2013Parastylonurus ornatus Dunlop et al. p. 17

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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
superfamilyStylonuroideaDiener 1924
familyParastylonuridaeWaterston 1979
genusParastylonurus
speciesornatus(Laurie 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.

†Parastylonurus ornatus Laurie 1892
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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: base of the Telychian to the top of the Ludlow or 438.60000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Stylonurus ornatus (type locality: 153581)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Parastylonurus ornatus (26906)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Parastylonurus ornatus (26896)