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Lamontopterus

Eurypterida - Kokomopteridae

Taxonomy
Lamontopterus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Kokomopteridae by Lamsdell et al. (2010) and Dunlop et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Lamontopterus Sepkoski
2010Lamontopterus Lamsdell et al.
2020Lamontopterus 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
superfamilyKokomopteroideaKjellesvig-Waering 1966
familyKokomopteridaeKjellesvig-Waering 1966
genusLamontopterus

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