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Rhenopterus
Taxonomy
Rhenopterus was named by Størmer (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg-u D Fras-u Sepkoski's reference number: 360]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Rhenopteridae, Rhenopteroidea.
It was assigned to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002); to Rhenopterinae by Lamsdell et al. (2010); and to Rhenopteridae by Størmer (1955) and Dunlop et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002); to Rhenopterinae by Lamsdell et al. (2010); and to Rhenopteridae by Størmer (1955) and Dunlop et al. (2020).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1936 | Rhenopterus Størmer |
1955 | Rhenopterus Størmer p. 39 |
2002 | Rhenopterus Sepkoski |
2010 | Rhenopterus Lamsdell et al. |
2020 | Rhenopterus Dunlop et al. p. 17 |
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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. †Rhenopterus Størmer 1936
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†Rhenopterus diensti Stoermer 1936
†Rhenopterus dientsi Størmer 1936
†Rhenopterus latus Størmer 1936
†Rhenopterus macrotuberculatus Størmer 1974
†Rhenopterus tuberculatus Størmer 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available