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Adelophthalmus granosus

Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae

Taxonomy
Adelophthalmus (Eurypterus) granosus was named by von Meyer (1853). Its type specimen is Mus. f. Naturk. Berlin, K 29, an exoskeleton, and it is an impression. Its type locality is Railroad cutting at Jägersfreude, which is in a Westphalian C terrestrial siltstone in the Saarbrucken’schen Kohlengebirges Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Adelophthalmus, Polyzosterites.

It was recombined as Polyzosterites granosus by Goldenberg (1873) and Scudder (1879); it was recombined as Adelophthalmus granosus by Kjellesvig-Waering (1958), Tetlie and Dunlop (2005) and Dunlop et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Adelophthalmus (Eurypterus) granosus von Meyer p. 8 figs. Pl 2, figs 1,2
1854Adelophthalmus (Eurypterus) granosus Jordan p. 8 figs. Pl 2, figs 1, 2
1873Polyzosterites granosus Goldenberg p. 18 figs. Pl 1, fig 17
1879Polyzosterites granosus Scudder p. 129
1958Adelophthalmus granosus Kjellesvig-Waering
2005Adelophthalmus granosus Tetlie and Dunlop pp. 6-9 figs. 2A, 3A
2013Adelophthalmus granosus Dunlop et al. p. 187

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
orderEurypteridaBurmeister 1843
suborderEurypterinaBurmeister 1843
—Diploperculata
superfamilyAdelophthalmoideaTollerton 1989
familyAdelophthalmidaeTollerton 1989
genusAdelophthalmus
speciesgranosus(von Meyer 1853)

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.

†Adelophthalmus granosus von Meyer 1853
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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: Westphalian C or 314.60000 to 309.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8Germany (Saarland) Adelophthalmus granosus (type locality: 122623)