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Eurypterus oklahomensis

Eurypterida - Eurypteridae

Taxonomy
Eurypterus oklahomensis was named by Decker (1938). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype, Univ. Oklahoma, Mus. Paleontology, no. A 16,301; mold of holotype, no. A 16,302. Its type locality is 1 mile SE of Red Rock, which is in an Artinskian terrestrial sandstone in the Wellington Formation of Oklahoma.

It was synonymized subjectively with Adelophthalmus sellardsi by Kjellesvig-Waering (1958).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. remipes, E. remipes, E. remipes, E. tetragonophthamus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Eurypterus oklahomensis Decker

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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
superfamilyEurypteroideaBurmeister 1843
familyEurypteridaeBurmeister 1845
genusEurypterusDe Kay 1825
speciesoklahomensis

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.

†Eurypterus oklahomensis Decker 1938
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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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
Collections
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