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Rhenopteroidea

Eurypterida

Taxonomy
Rhenopteroidea was named by Størmer (1951). It is not extant. Its type is Rhenopterus.

It was assigned to Stylonurina by Lamsdell et al. (2010) and Dunlop et al. (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Rhenopteroidea Størmer
1989Brachyopterelloidea Tollerton
2010Rhenopteroidea Lamsdell et al.
2020Rhenopteroidea Dunlop et al. p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
RankNameAuthor
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
orderEurypteridaBurmeister 1843
suborderStylonurinaDiener 1924
superfamilyRhenopteroideaStørmer 1951
superfamilyRhenopteroideaStørmer 1951

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.

Superfm. †Rhenopteroidea Størmer 1951
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Fm. †Rhenopteridae Størmer 1951
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G. †Brachyopterella Kjellesvig-Waering 1966
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G. †Brachyopterus Stormer 1951
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Brachyopterus stubblefieldi Størmer 1951
G. †Kiaeropterus Waterston 1979
G. †Leiopterella Lamsdell et al. 2010
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Leiopterella tetliei Lamsdell et al. 2010
Subfm. †Rhenopterinae Størmer 1951
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G. †Rhenopterus Størmer 1936
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Rhenopterus diensti Stoermer 1936
Rhenopterus dientsi Størmer 1936
Rhenopterus latus Størmer 1936
Rhenopterus tuberculatus Størmer 1936
Invalid names: Brachyopterellidae Tollerton 1989 [synonym]
Invalid names: Brachyopterelloidea Tollerton 1989 [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 Sandbian to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 458.40000 to 402.50000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0United Kingdom (Wales) Brachyopterus stubblefieldi (206522)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Pennsylvania) Kiaeropterus otisius (12763)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Pennsylvania) Kiaeropterus otisius (12765)
Llandovery - Ludlow443.4 - 423.0USA (New York) Kiaeropterus otisius (12764)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Brachyopterella ritchiei (26896)
Rootsikula426.2 - 422.9Norway Brachyopterella pentagonalis (14308 26928)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (New York) Brachyopterus testudineus (491)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Canada (Nunavat) Leiopterella tetliei (204935)
Siegen412.3 - 409.1Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Rhenopterus tuberculatus (232143)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany Rhenopterus dientsi (155775)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany (Alken) Rhenopterus macroturberculatus (27049)