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Brachyopteridae

Eurypterida - Brachyopteridae

Taxonomy
Brachyopteridae was named by Lamsdell (2025). It is not extant. Its type is Brachyopterus.

It was assigned to Rhenopteroidea by Lamsdell (2025).

Subtaxa
Brachyopterus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Brachyopteridae Lamsdell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
orderEurypteridaHuxley 1857
suborderStylonurinaNovojilov 1962
superfamilyRhenopteroideaStørmer 1951
familyBrachyopteridae
familyBrachyopteridae

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.

Fm. †Brachyopteridae Lamsdell 2025
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G. †Brachyopterus Stormer 1951
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†Brachyopterus stubblefieldi Størmer 1951
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: base of the Sandbian to the top of the Pridoli or 458.20000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8United Kingdom (Wales) Brachyopterus stubblefieldi (206522)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (New York) Brachyopterus testudineus (491)