Adelophthalmus
Adelophthalmus
Temporal range: Devonian–Permian
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| Adelophthalmus imhofi |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Merostomata |
| Order: |
†Eurypterida |
| Superfamily: |
†Adelophthalmoidea |
| Family: |
†Adelophthalmidae |
| Genus: |
†Adelophthalmus
Jordan in Jordan & von Mayer, 1854 |
| Type species |
†Adelophthalmus granosus
Jordan in Jordan & von Meyer, 1854 |
| Species |
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See text
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| Synonyms |
- †Lepidoderma Reuss, 1855
- †Anthraconectes Meek & Worthen, 1868
- †Polyzosternites Goldenberg, 1873
- †Glyptoscorpius Peach, 1882
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Adelophthalmus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Adelophthalmidae.[1]
Description
Adelophthalmus is distinguishable by its elongate body, with spurs on the segments; its walking legs, which lack spines; and its long styliform (pointed) telson.[2]
Species
- Adelophthalmus Jordan in Jordan & von Mayer, 1854
- Adelophthalmus approximatus (Hall & Clarke, 1888) – Carboniferous, Pennsylvania, USA
- Adelophthalmus asturica (Melendez, 1971) – Carboniferous, d’Ablana, Spain
- Adelophthalmus bradorensis (Bell, 1922) – Carboniferous, N. Campbelltown
- Adelophthalmus cambieri (Pruvost, 1930) – Carboniferous, Charleroi, Belgium
- ?Adelophthalmus carbonarius (Chernyshev, 1933) – Carboniferous, Donetsk, Ukraine
- Adelophthalmus chinensis (Grabau, 1920) – Carboniferous to Permian Zhaozezhuang
- Adelophthalmus corneti (Pruvost, 1939) – Carboniferous, Quaregnon, Belgium
- Adelophthalmus douvillei (de Lima, 1890) – Permian, Bussaco, Portugal
- Adelophthalmus dumonti (Stainier, 1917) – Carboniferous, Mechelen-sur-Meuse
- Adelophthalmus granosus Jordan in Jordan & von Meyer, 1854 – Carboniferous, Saarbrücken, Germ.
- Adelophthalmus imhofi (Reuss, 1855) – Carboniferous, Vlkys, Czech Rep.
- Adelophthalmus irinae Shpinev, 2006 – Carboniferous, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Adelophthalmus kidstoni (Peach, 1888) – Carboniferous, Radstock, England
- ?Adelophthalmus lohesti (Dewalque in Fraipont 1889) – Devonian, Pont de Bonne, Belg.
- Adelophthalmus luceroensis Kues & Kietzke, 1981 – Permian, New Mexico
- Adelophthalmus mansfieldi (Hall, 1877) – Carboniferous, Pennsylvania
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- = Eurypterus stylus Hall, 1884
- Adelophthalmus mazonensis (Meek & Worthen, 1868) – Carboniferous, Illinois
- Adelophthalmus moyseyi (Woodward, 1907a) – Carboniferous, Ilkeston, Blaengarw
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- = Eurypterus derbiensis Woodward, 1907
- Adelophthalmus nebraskensis (Barbour, 1914) – Permian, Nebraska
- Adelophthalmus pennsylvanicus (Hall, 1877) – Carboniferous, Pennsylvania
- ?Adelophthalmus ?perornatus (Peach, 1882) – Carboniferous, Glencartholm, Scotl.
- Adelophthalmus pruvosti Kjellesvig-Waering, 1948b – Carboniferous, Lens, France
- ?Adelophthalmus raniceps Goldenberg, 1873 – Carboniferous, Saarbrücken, Germ.
- Adelophthalmus sellardsi (Dunbar, 1924) – Permian, Elmo, Kansas
- Adelophthalmus sievertsi (Størmer, 1969) – Devonian, Willwerath, Germ.
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- = ?Eurypterus trapezoides Størmer, 1974
- Adelophthalmus waterstoni (Tetlie et al., 2004) – Devonian, Kimberley, Australia
- Adelophthalmus wilsoni (Woodward, 1888) – Carboniferous, Radstock, England
- Adelophthalmus zadrai Přibyl, 1952 – Carboniferous, Moravo-Silesia
References
- ^ Jason A. Dunlop, David Penney, & Denise Jekel; with additional contributions from Lyall I. Anderson, Simon J. Braddy, James C. Lamsdell, Paul A. Selden, & O. Erik Tetlie (2011). "A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives". In Norman I. Platnick. The world spider catalog, version 11.5. American Museum of Natural History. http://research.amnh.org/iz/spiders/catalog/Fossil11.5.pdf. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
- ^ Størmer, L. 1955. Merostomata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part P Arthropoda 2, Chelicerata, p. 30.
See also