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Megalograptoidea
Taxonomy
Megalograptoidea was named by Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering (1955). It is not extant. Its type is Megalograptus.
It was assigned to Eurypterina by Dunlop et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Eurypterina by Dunlop et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1955 | Megalograptoidea Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering |
2020 | Megalograptoidea Dunlop et al. p. 20 |
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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. †Megalograptoidea Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1955
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Fm. †Megalograptidae Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1955
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G. †Megalograptus Miller 1874
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†Megalograptus alveolatus Shuler 1915
†Megalograptus ohioensis Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1964
†Megalograptus shideleri Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1964
†Megalograptus welchi Miller 1874
†Megalograptus williamsae Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range: base of the Darriwilian to the top of the Telychian or 467.30000 to 433.40000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Darriwilian | USA (Iowa) | Pentecopterus decorahensis (225212) | |
Caradoc | USA (Virginia) | Megalograptus alveolatus (204960) | |
Katian | USA (New York) | Echinognathus clevelandi (204767) | |
Katian | USA (Ohio) | Megalograptus ohioensis (204962) Megalograptus shideleri (204963) Megalograptus welchi (204994) Megalograptus williamsae (204993) | |
Edenian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Megalograptus sp. (34895) | |
Richmondian - Ashgill | USA (Ohio) | Megalograptus sp. (392 393) | |
Telychian | France | Megalograptidae indet. (26111) |