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Campylocephalus

Eurypterida - Hibbertopteridae

Taxonomy
Campylocephalus was named by Eichwald (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: C Serp Sepkoski's reference number: 360]. It is not extant. Its type is Limulus oculatus.

It was assigned to Stylonuridae by Størmer (1955); to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hibbertopteridae by Kjellesvig-Waering (1959), Lamsdell et al. (2010), Dunlop et al. (2013), Dunlop et al. (2020) and Braddy et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Campylocephalus Eichwald
1955Campylocephalus Størmer p. 39
1959Campylocephalus Kjellesvig-Waering
2002Campylocephalus Sepkoski
2010Campylocephalus Lamsdell et al.
2013Campylocephalus Dunlop et al. p. 18
2020Campylocephalus Dunlop et al. p. 19
2023Campylocephalus Braddy et al.

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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
familyHibbertopteridaeKjellesvig-Waering 1959
genusCampylocephalusEichwald 1860

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. †Campylocephalus Eichwald 1860
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Campylocephalus oculatus Kutorga 1838
Campylocephalus permianus Ponomarenko 1985
Campylocephalus salmi Stur 1877
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available