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Mycteropoidea

Eurypterida

Taxonomy
Mycteropoidea was named by Cope (1886). It is not extant. Its type is Mycterops.

It was assigned to Stylonurina by Dunlop et al. (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Mycteropoidea Cope
1959Hibbertopteroidea Kjellesvig-Waering
2010Hibbertopteroidea Lamsdell et al.
2013Hibbertopteroidea Dunlop et al. p. 18
2020Mycteropoidea Dunlop et al. p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
RankNameAuthor
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
orderEurypteridaBurmeister 1843
suborderStylonurinaDiener 1924
superfamilyMycteropoideaCope 1886
superfamilyMycteropoideaCope 1886

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.

Superfm. †Mycteropoidea Cope 1886
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Invalid names: Hibbertopteroidea Kjellesvig-Waering 1959 [synonym]
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: base of the Telychian to the top of the Changhsingian or 438.50000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Drepanopterus pentlandicus (26885)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Drepanopterus pentlandicus (153581)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2USA (West Virginia) Drepanopterus nodosus (14202)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Indiana) Drepanopterus longicaudatus (518)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation (Siberia) Mycteropidae indet. (60391)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany (Alken) Drepanopterus struvei (27049)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Northern Territories) Drepanopterus sp. (233061)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Drepanopterus sp. (136240)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Cyrtoctenus dicki (232442)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9United Kingdom (Somerset) Drepanopterus abonensis (232123)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Belgium (Namur) Cyrtoctenus dewalquei (225613)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Ireland Pterygotus hibernicus (32230)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Virginia) Cyrtoctenus bambachi (21202)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Cyrtoctenus peachi (232421)
Arundian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Woodwardopterus scabrosus (90682)
Holkerian - Asbian346.7 - 336.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Cyrtoctenus caledonicus (232422)
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Hibbertopterus scouleri (174420)
Visean346.7 - 330.9South Africa (Cape) Cyrtoctenus wittebergensis (225205)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Mycterops blairi (225499)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7Czech Republic Eurypterus salmii (38971)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Belgium (Wallonia) Mycterops matthieui (225500)
Westphalian B - Westphalian C316.9 - 309.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Vernonopterus minutisculptis (232427)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Pennsylvania) Mycterops ordinatus (165526)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (New Mexico) Hibbertopterus lamsdelli (225089)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9Argentina (San Luis) Megarachne servinei (35057)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) Mycterops whitei (50933 50934 51008 51013)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Iowa) Mycterops whitei (51016)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Campylocephalus oculatus (225324)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3Brazil (Santa Catharina) Hastimima whitei (225341)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Arizona) Hastimima sp. (11150)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Russian Federation (Komi Republic) Hibbertopterus permianus (225086)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Australia (Queensland) Woodwardopterus freemanorum (227842)