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Eurypteroidea
Taxonomy
Eurypteroidea was named by Burmeister (1843). Its type is Eurypterus.
It was assigned to Eurypterina by Braddy et al. (1995), Tetlie (2002), Tetlie (2006), Dunlop et al. (2013) and Dunlop et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Eurypterina by Braddy et al. (1995), Tetlie (2002), Tetlie (2006), Dunlop et al. (2013) and Dunlop et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1843 | Eurypteroidea Burmeister |
| 1995 | Eurypteroidea Braddy et al. p. 576 |
| 2002 | Eurypteroidea Tetlie p. 39 |
| 2006 | Eurypteroidea Tetlie p. 399 |
| 2013 | Eurypteroidea Dunlop et al. p. 20 |
| 2020 | Eurypteroidea Dunlop et al. p. 21 |
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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.
Superfm. †Eurypteroidea Burmeister 1843
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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]
Fm. †Strobilopteridae Lamsdell and Selden 2013
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G. †Buffalopterus
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†Buffalopterus pustulosus Hall 1859
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Invalid names: Eurypterus giganteus Pohlman 1882 [synonym], Pterygotus globicaudatus Pohlman 1882 [synonym]
G. †Strobilopterus Ruedemann 1935
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†Strobilopterus laticeps Schmidt 1883
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Invalid names: Dolichopterus stoermeri Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1956 [synonym]
†Strobilopterus princetonii Ruedemann 1934
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Invalid names: Erieopterus latus Ruedemann 1935 [synonym]
†Strobilopterus richardsoni Kjellesvig-Waering 1961
Invalid names: Syntomopterella Tetlie 2007 [synonym], Syntomopterus Kjellesvig-Waering 1961 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available