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Eurypterus leopoldi

Eurypterida - Eurypteridae

Taxonomy
Eurypterus leopoldi was named by Tetlie (2006). Its type specimen is GSC 48520, an abdomen (telson), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Port Leopold, units D13 and D15, which is in a Ludfordian peritidal limestone in the Leopold Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Eurypterus leopoldi Tetlie p. 403

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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
speciesleopoldi

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 leopoldi Tetlie 2006
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Diagnosis
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