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Ciurcopterus

Eurypterida - Ciurcopteridae

Taxonomy
Ciurcopterus was named by Tetlie and Briggs (2009). It is not extant. Its type is Ciurcopterus ventricosus. It is the type genus of Ciurcopteridae.

It was assigned to Pterygotidae by Dunlop et al. (2020); and to Ciurcopteridae by Lamsdell (2025).

Species
C. sarlei, C. ventricosus (type species)
Entered
by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2023-05-31; modified by R. Plotnick on 2025-07-08

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Ciurcopterus Tetlie and Briggs
2020Ciurcopterus Dunlop et al. p. 26
2025Ciurcopterus Lamsdell

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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
superfamilyPterygotoideaClarke and Ruedemann 1912
familyCiurcopteridae
genusCiurcopterus

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.

G. †Ciurcopterus Tetlie and Briggs 2009
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Ciurcopterus sarlei Ciurca and Tetlie 2007
Ciurcopterus ventricosus Kjellesvig-Waering 1948
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: Ludlow or 426.70000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (New York) Pterygotus sarlei (26080)