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Erieopterus

Eurypterida - Erieopteridae

Taxonomy
Erieopterus is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Erieopteridae.

It was assigned to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Erieopteridae by Tollerton (1989), Dunlop et al. (2020), Lamsdell (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Erieopterus Tollerton
2002Erieopterus Sepkoski
2020Erieopterus Dunlop et al. p. 22
2025Erieopterus Lamsdell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
orderEurypteridaHuxley 1857
suborderEurypterinaNovojilov 1962
superfamilyDolichopteroideaKjellesvig-Waering and Størmer 1952
familyErieopteridaeTollerton 1989
genusErieopterus

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