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Eurypterus ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Xiphosura : Eurypterida : Eurypteridae : Eurypterus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 433 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 315 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Eurypterida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | well-developed (based on Eurypterida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Eurypterida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Eurypterus (Adelophthalmus) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 315 Ma Carboniferous | |
Eurypterus cephalaspis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 443 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
Eurypterus dekayi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 423 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
Eurypterus flintstonensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Eurypterus hankeni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Eurypterus henningsmoeni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Eurypterus laculatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 423 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
Eurypterus lacustris ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Eurypterus leopoldi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 426 Ma Silurian | 426 Ma Silurian | |
Eurypterus loi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Eurypterus obesus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Eurypterus ornatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 423 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
Eurypterus pittsfordensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
Eurypterus punctatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Eurypterus quebecensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Eurypterus remipes ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 443 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
Eurypterus scorpioides ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Eurypterus scouleri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Eurypterus serratus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Eurypterus styliformis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 433 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
Eurypterus yangi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1934 | Eurypterus Guthörl |
1973 | Baltoeurypterus Størmer |
2002 | Baltoeurypterus Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Eurypterus Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Baltoeurypterus Tetlie p. 39 |
2006 | Eurypterus Tetlie p. 399 |
References
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!