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Glypharthrus

Aglaspidida - Aglaspididae

Taxonomy
Glypharthrus was named by Raasch (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran Cm Trep-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1031]. Its type is Eurypterus thomasi. It was considered monophyletic by Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Merostomata by Sepkoski (2002); to Aglaspidida by van Roy (2006); and to Aglaspididae by Størmer (1955), Hesselbo (1992), Ortega-Hernandez et al. (2013) and Lerosey-Aubril et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Glypharthrus Raasch
1955Glypharthrus Størmer p. 12
1992Glypharthrus Hesselbo p. 890
2002Glypharthrus Sepkoski
2006Glyptarthrus van Roy p. 330 figs. Table 1
2013Glypharthrus Ortega-Hernandez et al. p. 45
2017Glypharthrus Lerosey-Aubril et al. p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
superclassVicissicaudata()
orderAglaspidida(Walcott 1911)
familyAglaspididaeMiller 1877
genusGlypharthrusRaasch 1939

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. †Glypharthrus Raasch 1939
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Glypharthrus magnoculus Lerosey-Aubril et al. 2017
Glypharthrus simplex Raasch 1939
Glypharthrus thomasi Walther 1924
Glypharthrus trispinicaudatus Lerosey-Aubril et al. 2017
Glypharthrus vulpes Raasch 1939
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Invalid names: Glypharthrus deadwoodensis Raasch 1939 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available