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Pruemopterus salgadoi

Eurypterida - Parahughmilleriidae

Discussion

Holotype and only specimen. PWL2014/5186-LS a, b, part and counterpart, Landessammlung fr Naturkunde Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz, currently housed at the Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe, Direktion Landesarchologie/Erdgeschichte, Koblenz, Germany

Taxonomy
Pruemopterus salgadoi was named by Poschmann (2021). It is not extant. Its type specimen is PWL2014/5186-LS a, b,. It is the type species of Pruemopterus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Pruemopterus salgadoi Poschmann

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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
infraorderDiploperculata
superfamilyAdelophthalmoideaTollerton 1989
familyParahughmilleriidae
genusPruemopterus
speciessalgadoi

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.

†Pruemopterus salgadoi Poschmann 2021
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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: Early/Lower Emsian or 410.62000 to 399.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany Pruemopterus salgadoi (155775)