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Glypharthrus thomasi

Aglaspidida - Aglaspididae

Taxonomy
Eurypterus thomasi was named by Walther (1924). It is not extant. Its type locality is LF, which is in a Trempealeauan marine horizon in the St. Lawrence Formation of Minnesota. It is the type species of Glypharthrus.

It was recombined as Aglaspis thomasi by Walther (1925); it was recombined as Glypharthrus thomasi by Hesselbo (1992), Ortega-Hernandez et al. (2013), Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Eurypterus thomasi Walther pp. 127-128
1925Aglaspis thomasi Walther
1992Glypharthrus thomasi Hesselbo p. 890 figs. 8.1-8.5, 9.1, 9.2, 26.6
2013Glypharthrus thomasi Ortega-Hernandez et al. p. 45
2017Glypharthrus thomasi Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
superclassVicissicaudata()
orderAglaspidida(Walcott 1911)
familyAglaspididaeMiller 1877
genusGlypharthrusRaasch 1939
speciesthomasi(Walther 1924)

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.

Glypharthrus thomasi Walther 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphatico
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedo
Created: 2009-04-21 11:43:09
Modified: 2009-04-21 13:43:09
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Trempealeauan or 490.20000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Minnesota) Eurypterus thomasi (221015)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Wisconsin) Glypharthrus thomasi (221016 221017)