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Pittsfordipterus

Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae

Taxonomy
Pittsfordipterus is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Pittsfordipterus Sepkoski
2013Pittsfordipterus Dunlop et al. p. 187
2020Pittsfordipterus Dunlop et al. p. 25

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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
Diploperculata
superfamilyAdelophthalmoideaTollerton 1989
familyAdelophthalmidaeTollerton 1989
genusPittsfordipterus

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