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Adelophthalmus nebraskensis

Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae

Taxonomy
Eurypterus nebraskensis was named by Barbour (1914). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Adelophthalmus nebraskensis by Kjellesvig-Waering (1958).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. brasdorensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Eurypterus nebraskensis Barbour
1958Adelophthalmus nebraskensis Kjellesvig-Waering

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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
speciesnebraskensis()

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: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Adelophthalmus nebraskensis (225376)