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Stylonurus

Eurypterida - Stylonuridae

Taxonomy
Stylonurus was named by Page (1856) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi Sepkoski's reference number: 360]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Stylonuridae, Stylonuroidea.

It was assigned to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Stylonuridae by Størmer (1955) and Dunlop et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Stylonurus Page
1955Stylonurus Størmer p. 36
2002Stylonurus Sepkoski
2020Stylonurus Dunlop et al. p. 28

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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
familyStylonuridaeDiener 1924
genusStylonurusPage 1856

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. †Stylonurus Page 1856
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Stylonurus powriensis Page 1856
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Invalid names: Stylonurus ensiformis Woodward 1864 [synonym]
Stylonurus ruedemanni Størmer 1934
Stylonurus shaffneri Willard 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available