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Eurypteridae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)237426https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=237426
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Eurypteridae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
-EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
-ProsomapodaLamsdell 2013
classXiphosura
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
-PlanatergaLamsdell 2013
-DekatriataLamsdell 2013
-SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
orderEurypteridaBurmeister 1843
suborderEurypterinaBurmeister 1843
superfamilyEurypteroideaBurmeister 1843
familyEurypteridaeBurmeister 1845
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Eurypteridaefamilybelongs to Eurypteridastated with evidenceGuthörl, 1934
Eurypteridaefamilybelongs to Eurypteroideastated with evidenceTetlie, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)26
First Recorded Appearance443 - 433 Ma
Silurian
Last Recorded Appearance315 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Motilityactively mobile (based on Eurypterida)
Visionwell-developed (based on Eurypterida)
Dietcarnivore (based on Eurypterida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. Guthörl. 1934. Die Arthropoden aus dem Carbon und Perm des Saar-Nahe-Pfalz-Gebietes. Im Vertrieb bei der Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 44(4):1-279

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Eurypterus
genus
listed (PBDB)52443 Ma
Silurian
315 Ma
Carboniferous
Vinetopterus
genus
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1845Eurypteridae Burmeister
1934Eurypteridae Guthörl
2002Eurypteridae Tetlie p. 39
2006Eurypteridae Tetlie p. 399

References

Guthörl P. (1934) Die Arthropoden aus dem Carbon und Perm des Saar-Nahe-Pfalz-Gebietes, Im Vertrieb bei der Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 44 4, 1-279
Tetlie O. E. (2002) A new Baltoeurypterus (Eurypterida: Chelicerata) from the Wenlock of Norway, Norwegian Journal of Geology 82, 37-44
Tetlie O. E. (2006) Two new Silurian species of Eurypterus (Chelicerata: Eurypterida) from Norway and Canada and the phylogeny of the genus, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4 4, 397-412 doi:10.1017/S1477201906001921
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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