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Erettopterus waylandsmithi
Taxonomy
Pterygotus (Pterygotus) waylandsmithi was named by Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster (1955). Its type specimen is NYSM 10707, a claw (free ramus of chelicera), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oneida Creek, southeast of Kenwood, which is in a Ludfordian lagoonal shale in the Vernon Formation of New York.
It was recombined as Erettopterus waylandsmithi by Dunlop et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Erettopterus waylandsmithi by Dunlop et al. (2013).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1955 | Pterygotus (Pterygotus) waylandsmithi Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster p. 1044 figs. 2a-c,h |
2013 | Erettopterus waylandsmithi Dunlop et al. |
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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.
†Erettopterus waylandsmithi Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available