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Onychopterella

Eurypterida - Onychopterellidae

Taxonomy
Onychopterella was named by Størmer (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: S Prid Sepkoski's reference number: 360]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Onychopterelloidea, Onychopterellidae.

It was assigned to Eurypteridae by Størmer (1955); to Erieopteridae by Braddy et al. (1995); to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Onychopterellidae by Dunlop et al. (2013) and Dunlop et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Onychopterella Størmer
1955Onychopterella Størmer p. 34
1995Onychopterella Braddy et al. p. 576
2002Onychopterella Sepkoski
2013Onychopterella Dunlop et al.
2020Onychopterella Dunlop et al. p. 20

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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
superfamilyOnychopterelloideaLamsdell 2011
familyOnychopterellidaeLamsdell 2011
genusOnychopterellaStørmer 1951

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. †Onychopterella Størmer 1951
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Onychopterella augusti Braddy et al. 1995
Onychopterella kokomoensis Miller and Gurley 1896
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Invalid names: Eurypterus ranilarva Clarke and Ruedemann 1912 [synonym]
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 Hirnantian to the top of the Pridoli or 445.20000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4South Africa O. augusti (26994)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Illinois) O. pumilis (13853)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Indiana) O. kokomoensis (518 14207)