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Adelophthalmus pennsylvanicus

Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae

Taxonomy
Eurypterus pennsylvanicus was named by Hall (1877). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Adelophthalmus pennsylvanicus by Kjellesvig-Waering (1958), Dunlop et al. (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. brasdorensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Eurypterus pennsylvanicus Hall
1958Adelophthalmus pennsylvanicus Kjellesvig-Waering
2013Adelophthalmus pennsylvanicus Dunlop et al. p. 187

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
orderEurypteridaHuxley 1857
suborderEurypterinaNovojilov 1962
infraorderDiploperculata
superfamilyAdelophthalmoideaTollerton 1989
familyAdelophthalmidaeTollerton 1989
genusAdelophthalmusJordan and von Mayer 1854
speciespennsylvanicus()

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: Morrowan or 323.40000 to 318.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Pennsylvania) Adelophthalmus pennsylvanicus (225178)