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Marsupipterus sculpturatus

Eurypterida

Taxonomy
Marsupipterus sculpturatus was named by Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering (1955). Its type specimen is GSM 89467, an abdomen (telson), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Forge Bridge, Downton, which is in a Pridoli paralic siltstone in the Downton Castle Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Marsupipterus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Marsupipterus sculpturatus Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering p. 1040 figs. 1a-e

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
RankNameAuthor
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
orderEurypteridaBurmeister 1843
genusMarsupipterus
speciessculpturatus

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.

†Marsupipterus sculpturatus Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1955
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Diagnosis
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