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Dorfopterus

Eurypterida

Taxonomy
Dorfopterus is a genus. It is not extant. It was considered unknown by Dunlop et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002), Dunlop et al. (2013) and Dunlop et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Dorfopterus Sepkoski
2013Dorfopterus Dunlop et al. p. 187
2020Dorfopterus Dunlop et al. p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
orderEurypteridaBurmeister 1843
genusDorfopterus

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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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: Emsian or 407.60000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3USA (Wyoming) D. angusticollis (26176)