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Mycterops whitei

Eurypterida - Mycteropidae

Taxonomy
Mycterops whitei was named by Schram (1984). Its type specimen is PE 25421. Its type locality is Hushpuckney Shale Mem, Crescent, Pottawattamie County, IA (Schram, 1984, Loc. 6), which is in a Missourian offshore shale in the Swope Formation of Iowa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Mycterops whitei Schram p. 206

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
orderEurypteridaBurmeister 1843
suborderStylonurinaDiener 1924
superfamilyMycteropoideaCope 1886
familyMycteropidaeCope 1886
genusMycteropsCope 1886
specieswhitei

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.

†Mycterops whitei Schram 1984
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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: Missourian or 306.00000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) Mycterops whitei (50933 50934 51008 51013)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Iowa) Mycterops whitei (type locality: 51016)