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Brachyopterus

Eurypterida - Rhenopteridae

Taxonomy
Brachyopterus was named by Stormer (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-l Sepkoski's reference number: 360,1066]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Stylonuridae by Størmer (1955); to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rhenopteridae by Lamsdell et al. (2010) and Dunlop et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Brachyopterus Stormer
1955Brachyopterus Størmer p. 37
2002Brachyopterus Sepkoski
2010Brachyopterus Lamsdell et al.
2020Brachyopterus Dunlop et al. p. 17

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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
superfamilyRhenopteroideaStørmer 1951
familyRhenopteridaeStørmer 1951
genusBrachyopterusStormer 1951

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. †Brachyopterus Stormer 1951
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Brachyopterus stubblefieldi Størmer 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available