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Mycteropidae
Taxonomy
Mycteropidae was named by Cope (1886). Its type is Mycterops. It is the type family of Mycteropoidea.
It was assigned to Stylonuracea by Størmer (1955); to Eurypterida by Schram (1984); to Hibbertopteroidea by Lamsdell et al. (2010); and to Mycteropoidea by Dunlop et al. (2020), Lamsdell (2025).
It was assigned to Stylonuracea by Størmer (1955); to Eurypterida by Schram (1984); to Hibbertopteroidea by Lamsdell et al. (2010); and to Mycteropoidea by Dunlop et al. (2020), Lamsdell (2025).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1886 | Mycteropidae Cope |
| 1955 | Mycteropidae Størmer p. 39 |
| 1959 | Woodwardopteridae Kjellesvig-Waering |
| 1984 | Mycteropidae Schram p. 206 |
| 2005 | Woodwardopteridae Selden et al. p. 46 |
| 2010 | Mycteropidae Lamsdell et al. |
| 2020 | Mycteropidae Dunlop et al. p. 19 |
| 2025 | Mycteropidae Lamsdell |
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Fm. †Mycteropidae Cope 1886
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G. †Mycterops Cope 1886
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†Mycterops blairi Waterston 1968
†Mycterops matthieui Pruvost 1925
†Mycterops ordinatus Cope 1886
†Mycterops whitei Schram 1984
Invalid names: Glaucodes Pruvost 1923 [synonym]
G. †Woodwardopterus Kjellesvig-Waering 1959
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†Woodwardopterus freemanorum Poschmann and Rozefelds 2022
†Woodwardopterus scabrosus Woodward 1887
Invalid names: Woodwardopteridae Kjellesvig-Waering 1959 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. C. Lamsdell et al. 2010 | Large Hibbertopteroidea with prosoma
parabolic; telson hastate with paired ventral keels; cuticular ornament of scales or mucrones; nonspiniferous appendage IV; elongation of first and second opisthosomal tergites. |
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Changhsingian or 419.62000 to 251.90200 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lochkovian | Russian Federation (Siberia) | Mycteropidae indet. (60391) | |
| Arundian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Woodwardopterus scabrosus (90682) | |
| Pendleian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Mycterops blairi (225499) | |
| Bashkirian | Belgium (Wallonia) | Mycterops matthieui (225500) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Mycterops ordinatus (165526) | |
| Kasimovian - Gzhelian | Argentina (San Luis) | Megarachne servinei (35057) | |
| Missourian | USA (Iowa) | Mycterops whitei (51016) | |
| Missourian | USA (Nebraska) | Mycterops whitei (50933 50934 51008 51013) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | USA (Arizona) | Hastimima sp. (11150) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | Brazil (Santa Catharina) | Hastimima whitei (225341) | |
| Changhsingian | Australia (Queensland) | Woodwardopterus freemanorum (227842) |