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Megarachne servinei

Eurypterida - Mycteropidae

Taxonomy
Megarachne servinei was named by Hünicken (1980). Its type specimen is CORD-PZ 2110, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Bajo de Veliz (CORD collection), which is in a Kasimovian/Gzhelian floodplain siltstone in the Bajo de Veliz Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Megarachne.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Megarachne servinei Hünicken
2005Megarachne servinei Selden et al. p. 44

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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
genusMegarachne
speciesservinei

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.

†Megarachne servinei Hünicken 1980
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Diagnosis
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