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Eurypteridae

Eurypterida - 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).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Eurypteridae Burmeister
1934Eurypteridae Guthörl
1955Eurypteridae Størmer p. 31
2002Eurypteridae Tetlie p. 39
2006Eurypteridae Tetlie p. 399
2020Eurypteridae Dunlop et al. p. 21

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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
superfamilyEurypteroideaBurmeister 1843
familyEurypteridaeBurmeister 1845
familyEurypteridaeBurmeister 1845

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.

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 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 punctatus Woodward 1869
Eurypterus quebecensis Kjellesvig-Waering 1958
Eurypterus raniceps Goldenberg 1873
Eurypterus remipes DeKay 1825
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Invalid names: Hughmilleria trigonum Ruedemann 1916 [synonym]
Eurypterus scouleri Hibbert 1836
Eurypterus sellardsi Dunbar 1924
Eurypterus serratus Jones and Woodward 1888
Eurypterus styliformis Chang 1957
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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