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Eurypterus hankeni

Eurypterida - Eurypteridae

Taxonomy
Eurypterus hankeni was named by Tetlie (2006). Its type specimen is PMO 169425, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sønsterud farm, Ringerike, which is in a Sheinwoodian marginal marine siltstone in the Steinsfjorden Formation of Norway.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. remipes, E. remipes, E. remipes, E. tetragonophthamus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Eurypterus hankeni Tetlie p. 399 fig. 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
orderEurypteridaHuxley 1857
suborderEurypterinaNovojilov 1962
superfamilyEurypteroideaBurmeister 1843
familyEurypteridaeBurmeister 1845
genusEurypterusDe Kay 1825
specieshankeni

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.

†Eurypterus hankeni Tetlie 2006
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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: Sheinwoodian or 432.90000 to 430.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Norway Eurypterus hankeni (type locality: 184697 184698)