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Hibbertopterus scouleri

Eurypterida - Hibbertopteridae

Taxonomy
Campylocephalus scouleri was named by Hibbert (1831). It is not extant. It is the type species of Hibbertopterus.

It was recombined as Hibbertopterus scouleri by Kjellesvig-Waering (1959), Braddy et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Campylocephalus scouleri Hibbert
1959Hibbertopterus scouleri Kjellesvig-Waering
2023Hibbertopterus scouleri Braddy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
orderEurypteridaHuxley 1857
suborderStylonurinaNovojilov 1962
superfamilyMycteropoideaCope 1886
familyHibbertopteridaeKjellesvig-Waering 1959
genusHibbertopterus
speciesscouleri(Hibbert 1831)

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.

†Hibbertopterus scouleri Hibbert 1831
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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: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Hibbertopterus scouleri (174420)