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Eurypterus hankeni

Eurypterida - Eurypteridae

Taxonomy
Eurypterus hankeni was named by Tetlie (2006). Its type specimen is PMO 169425, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sønsterud farm, Ringerike, which is in a Sheinwoodian marginal marine siltstone in the Steinsfjorden Formation of Norway.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Eurypterus hankeni Tetlie p. 399 fig. 2,3

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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
genusEurypterusDe Kay 1825
specieshankeni

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.

†Eurypterus hankeni Tetlie 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available