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Erettopterus waylandsmithi

Eurypterida - Pterygotidae

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).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Pterygotus (Pterygotus) waylandsmithi Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster p. 1044 figs. 2a-c,h
2013Erettopterus waylandsmithi Dunlop et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
RankNameAuthor
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
orderEurypteridaBurmeister 1843
suborderEurypterinaBurmeister 1843
Diploperculata
superfamilyPterygotioidea(Clarke and Ruedemann 1912)
familyPterygotidaeClarke and Ruedemann 1912
genusErettopterus
specieswaylandsmithi()

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
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