Adelophthalmus
| Adelophthalmus Temporal range: Devonian–Permian | |
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| Adelophthalmus imhofi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| 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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Adelophthalmus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Adelophthalmidae.[1]
Description
A. mansfieldi fossils
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
- = Eurypterus stylus Hall, 1884
- Adelophthalmus mazonensis (Meek & Worthen, 1868) – Carboniferous, Illinois
- Adelophthalmus moyseyi (Woodward, 1907a) – Carboniferous, Ilkeston, Blaengarw
- = 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.
- = ?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 (2011). "A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives". In Norman I. Platnick. The world spider catalog, version 11.5 (PDF). with additional contributions from Lyall I. Anderson, Simon J. Braddy, James C. Lamsdell, Paul A. Selden, & O. Erik Tetlie. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved May 21, 2011.
- ↑ Størmer, L. 1955. Merostomata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part P Arthropoda 2, Chelicerata, p. 30.
See also
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