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Adelophthalmus piussii

Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae

Taxonomy
Adelophthalmus piussii was named by Lamsdell et al. (2013). Its type specimen is MFSNgp 31861 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Malga Tratte, Bombaso valley, which is in a Kasimovian fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Meledis Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Adelophthalmus piussii Lamsdell et al. p. 149 fig. 2

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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
superfamilyAdelophthalmoideaTollerton 1989
familyAdelophthalmidaeTollerton 1989
genusAdelophthalmus
speciespiussii

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.

†Adelophthalmus piussii Lamsdell et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Created: 2004-09-24 08:12:58
Modified: 2010-02-05 01:21:51
Source: o = order
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Kasimovian or 307.00000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Italy Adelophthalmus piussii (type locality: 184931)