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Mycterops

Eurypterida - Mycteropidae

Taxonomy
Mycterops was named by Cope (1886). Its type is Mycterops ordinatus. It is the type genus of Mycteropidae, Mycteropoidea.

It was assigned to Eurypterida by Strimple and Moore (1971); and to Mycteropidae by Størmer (1955), Schram (1984), Lamsdell et al. (2010) and Dunlop et al. (2020).

Species
M. blairi, M. matthieui, M. ordinatus (type species), M. whitei

Synonyms
  • Glaucodes was named by Pruvost (1923). It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Mycterops by Størmer (1955).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Mycterops Cope
1923Glaucodes Pruvost
1955Mycterops Størmer p. 39
1971Mycterops Strimple and Moore p. 206
1984Mycterops Schram p. 206
2010Mycterops Lamsdell et al.
2020Mycterops Dunlop et al. p. 19

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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
suborderStylonurinaDiener 1924
superfamilyMycteropoideaCope 1886
familyMycteropidaeCope 1886
genusMycteropsCope 1886

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. †Mycterops Cope 1886
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†Mycterops blairi Waterston 1968
†Mycterops matthieui Pruvost 1925
†Mycterops ordinatus Cope 1886
†Mycterops whitei Schram 1984
Invalid names: Glaucodes Pruvost 1923 [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 Pendleian to the top of the Missourian or 330.90000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (Scotland) M. blairi (225499)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Belgium (Wallonia) M. matthieui (225500)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Pennsylvania) M. ordinatus (165526)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) M. whitei (50933 50934 51008 51013)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Iowa) M. whitei (51016)