Pentecopterus decorahensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Carcinosomatoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Merostomata Ordo: †Eurypterida Subordo: †Eurypterina Infraordo: †Diploperculata Superfamilia: †Carcinosomatoidea

Familia: †Megalograptidae
Genus: †Pentecopterus
Species: †P. decorahensis

Name

Pentecopterus decorahensis Lamsdell et al., 2015

References

Primary references

• Lamsdell, J.C., Briggs, D.E.G., Liu, H.P., Witzke, B.J. & McKay, R.M. 2015. The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 169. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0443-9 . Reference page.