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Eurypteridae
Taxonomy
Eurypteridae was named by Burmeister (1845). Its type is Eurypterus. It is the type family of Eurypteracea.
It was assigned to Eurypterida by Guthörl (1934); to Eurypteracea by Størmer (1955); and to Eurypteroidea by Tetlie (2002), Tetlie (2006) and Dunlop et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Eurypterida by Guthörl (1934); to Eurypteracea by Størmer (1955); and to Eurypteroidea by Tetlie (2002), Tetlie (2006) and Dunlop et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Eurypterus (syn. Baltoeurypterus) (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1845 | Eurypteridae Burmeister |
| 1934 | Eurypteridae Guthörl |
| 1955 | Eurypteridae Størmer p. 31 |
| 2002 | Eurypteridae Tetlie p. 39 |
| 2006 | Eurypteridae Tetlie p. 399 |
| 2020 | Eurypteridae Dunlop et al. p. 21 |
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Fm. †Eurypteridae Burmeister 1845
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G. †Eurypterus De Kay 1825
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Subg. †Eurypterus (Adelophthalmus) Meek and Worthen 1868
Subg. †Eurypterus (Anthraconectes) Meek and Worthen 1868
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†Eurypterus (Anthraconectes) mazonensis Meek and Worthen 1868
†Eurypterus cephalaspis Salter 1856
†Eurypterus dekayi Hall 1859
†Eurypterus flintstonensis Swartz 1923
†Eurypterus hankeni Tetlie 2006
†Eurypterus henningsmoeni Tetlie 2002
†Eurypterus laculatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1958
†Eurypterus lacustris Harlan 1834
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Invalid names: Eurypterus pachycheirus Hall 1859 [synonym], Eurypterus robustus Hall 1859 [synonym]
†Eurypterus leopoldi Tetlie 2006
†Eurypterus loi Chang 1957
†Eurypterus obesus Woodward 1869
†Eurypterus oklahomensis Decker 1938
†Eurypterus ornatus Leutze 1958
†Eurypterus pittsfordensis Sarle 1903
†Eurypterus punctatus Woodward 1869
†Eurypterus quebecensis Kjellesvig-Waering 1958
†Eurypterus raniceps Goldenberg 1873
†Eurypterus scouleri Hibbert 1836
†Eurypterus sellardsi Dunbar 1924
†Eurypterus serratus Jones and Woodward 1888
†Eurypterus styliformis Chang 1957
†Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus Fischer 1839
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Invalid names: Eurypterus fischeri Eichwald 1854 [synonym]
†Eurypterus yangi Chang 1957
Invalid names: Baltoeurypterus Størmer 1973 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available