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Parastylonurus

Eurypterida - Parastylonuridae

Taxonomy
Parastylonurus was named by Kjellesvig-Waering (1966) [Sepkoski's age data: S Prid Sepkoski's reference number: 360]. It is not extant. Its type is Stylonurus ornatus. It is the type genus of Parastylonuridae.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Parastylonurus Kjellesvig-Waering
2002Parastylonurus Sepkoski
2013Parastylonurus Dunlop et al. p. 17
2020Parastylonurus 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
superfamilyStylonuroideaDiener 1924
familyParastylonuridaeWaterston 1979
genusParastylonurus

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. †Parastylonurus Kjellesvig-Waering 1966
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Parastylonurus ornatus Laurie 1892
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 Telychian to the top of the Pridoli or 438.50000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4United Kingdom (Scotland) P. hendersoni (26885)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (Scotland) P. sigmoidalis (26889)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Stylonurus ornatus (153581)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (Scotland) P. ornatus (26906)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (Scotland) P. ornatus (26896)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2United Kingdom (England) P. sigmoidalis (26916)