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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) and Dunlop et al. (2020).

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

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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
suborderEurypterinaBurmeister 1843
superfamilyEurypteroideaBurmeister 1843
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
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 Wenlock to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 433.40000 to 402.50000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Norway E. laticeps (26926)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0Canada (Nunavut) E. laticeps (26882)
Rootsikula426.2 - 422.9Estonia E. laticeps (26922)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Michigan and Ohio) E. sp. (519)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (New York) E. microphthalmus (26869 26870) E. pustulosus (491) E. sp. (26086)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Michigan) E. microphthalmus (26872)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Indiana) E. limuloides (14207) E. limuloides, E. ranilarva (518)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (New York) E. microphthalmus (26871 75184)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany E. sp. (155775)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Northern Territories) E. micropthalamus (233061)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Northwest Territories) E. microphthalmus (136240)