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Acutiramus

Eurypterida - Pterygotidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Bunodella Matthew
1955Pterygotus (Acutiramus) Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster p. 1046
1955Bunodella Størmer p. 17
1955Pterygotus (Acutiramus) Størmer p. 31
2002Acutiramus Sepkoski
2002Bunodella Sepkoski
2013Acutiramus Dunlop et al.
2020Acutiramus Dunlop et al. p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
orderEurypteridaBurmeister 1843
suborderEurypterinaBurmeister 1843
Diploperculata
superfamilyPterygotioidea(Clarke and Ruedemann 1912)
familyPterygotidaeClarke and Ruedemann 1912
genusAcutiramus

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.

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Acutiramus bohemicus Barrande 1872
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Invalid names: Pterygotus blahai Semper 1898 [synonym], Pterygotus comes Barrande 1872 [synonym], Pterygotus mediocris Barrande 1872 [synonym]
Acutiramus cummingsi Grote and Pitt 1875
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Invalid names: Pterygotus acuticaudatus Pohlman 1882 [synonym], Pterygotus buffaloensis Pohlman 1881 [synonym], Pterygotus quadraticaudatus Pohlman 1882 [synonym]
Acutiramus floweri Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster 1955
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Invalid names: Pterygotus osborni Hall 1859 [synonym]
Acutiramus perneri Chlupac 1994
Acutiramus suwanneensis Kjellesvig-Waering 1955
Invalid names: Bunodella Matthew 1889 [synonym]
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 Ludfordian to the top of the Pragian or 425.60000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0USA (New York) Pterygotus floweri (26085)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Florida) A. suwanneensis (26877)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Czech Republic A. nobilis, A. bohemicus (14131 232620) A. nobilis, Pterygotus bohemicus (13894) Pterygotus bohemicus (14039 14040 14043 14080)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Canada (New Brunswick) A. sp. (161318) Bunodella horrida (161317)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (New York) A. macrophthalmus (26087 26089 26868) Pterygotus macrophthalmus, Pterygotus cummingsi (491)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (New York) A. sp. (26871)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Czech Republic A. bohemicus (14121) A. perneri (231818) A. perneri, Pterygotus blahai, Erettopterus sp. (13895)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Czech Republic (Prague) A. sp. (12068)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Spain (Barcelona) A. sp., A. perneri (231817)
Lochkovian - Middle Devonian419.2 - 382.7Czech Republic A. sp. (10314)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Algeria Pterygotus bohemicus (27185)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) A. bohemicus (225146)