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Eurypterida ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18947	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18947

Rank

order (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Chelicerata	Heymons 1901
-	Euchelicerata	Weygoldt and Paulus 1979
-	Prosomapoda	Lamsdell 2013
class	Xiphosura
order	Xiphosurida	Latreille 1802
-	Planaterga	Lamsdell 2013
-	Dekatriata	Lamsdell 2013
-	Sclerophorata	Kamenz et al. 2011
order	Eurypterida	Burmeister 1843

Common Name

eurypterid

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eurypterida	order	belongs to Merostomata	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Eurypterida	order	belongs to Sclerophorata	stated with evidence	Lamsdell, 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

183

First Recorded Appearance

461 - 458 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

290 - 272 Ma
Permian

Motility

actively mobile (based on Eurypterida)

Vision

well-developed (based on Eurypterida)

Diet

carnivore (based on Eurypterida)

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: Pelagic or surficial, fully motile fast, carnivore according to Bambach et al (2007).

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Eurypterina ✝ suborder	listed (PBDB)	141	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	304 Ma Carboniferous
Stylonurina ✝ suborder	listed (PBDB)	47	443 Ma Silurian	326 Ma Carboniferous
Waeringopteroidea ✝ superfamily	listed (PBDB)
Mycteropidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	6	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	306 Ma Carboniferous
Pterygotidae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	85	443 Ma Silurian	376 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Woodwardopteridae ✝ family	listed (PBDB)	1	307 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Alkenopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Bassipterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Brachyopterella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	3	427 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Brachyopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	458 Ma Middle Ordovician	423 Ma Silurian
Buffalopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	423 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Ctenopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Cyrtoctenus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Dorfopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Dunsopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Echinognathus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Eocarcinosoma ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Erettopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	24	443 Ma Silurian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Erieopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	15	433 Ma Silurian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Grossopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Hallipterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Hastimima ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Hibbertopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Holmipterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Jaekelopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Kokomopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	423 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Lamontopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Lanarkopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	433 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Leiopterella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Megalograptus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	8	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Mixopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	12	433 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Moselopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pagea ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	3	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Palmichnium ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Paracarcinosoma ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	6	443 Ma Silurian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Parahughmillera ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Parahughmilleria ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	13	443 Ma Silurian	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pittsfordipterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Rhenopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Ruedemannipterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Salteropterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	426 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Strobilopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	431 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Stylonurella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	427 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Stylonuroides ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	426 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Stylonurus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	7	423 Ma Silurian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Syntomopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Tarsopterella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	2	423 Ma Silurian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Thurandina ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Truncatiramus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	11	433 Ma Silurian	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Tylopterella ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Waeringopterus ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	6	427 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1843	Eurypterida Burmeister
1889	Eurypterella Matthew p. 60
1889	Eurypterella ornata Matthew p. 60 figs. Pl 4, fig 12
2002	Eurypterida Sepkoski, Jr.
2013	Eurypterida Lamsdell p. 20

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Matthew G. F. On some remarkable organisms of the Silurian and Devonian rocks in southern New Brunswick, Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 6 4, 49-62

Lamsdell J. C. (2013) Revised systematics of Palaeozoic 'horseshoe crabs' and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 167, 1-27

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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