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Eurypterida

Eurypterida is represented by an early Ordovician Fezouata occurrence, a reviewed late Permian record and morphology matrices; the combined history is a sampled fossil envelope rather than a complete origin-to-extinction sequence.

Represented range479–250 Ma
Content packagetrilobites-chelicerates
PBDBtxn:18947

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Claim ledger

fossil-range · high

Pentecopterus decorahensis material from the Darriwilian Winneshiek Lagerstätte supplies a named local eurypterid occurrence and an expanded morphology matrix. It is a specimen- and locality-bounded minimum record, not the exact global origin or full range of Eurypterida.

claim:taxon:eurypterida
fossil-range · medium

The atlas shows a 479–250 Ma reviewed eurypterid fossil-record envelope from the oldest unequivocal Fezouata material to Tetlie's reviewed latest record, not an origination or extinction interval.

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morphology · medium

Van Roy et al. document Fezouata eurypterid appendages and score morphology in a matrix, while Lamsdell et al. provide a sampled Pentecopterus comparison; these characters do not establish order-wide anatomy.

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taxonomy · medium

Van Roy et al. place unequivocal Fezouata sea scorpions in a sampled eurypterid morphology matrix, while Tetlie reviews historical distribution; classification remains a sampled, revisable hypothesis rather than a final order-wide tree.

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biogeography · medium

Fezouata and Late Permian Russian occurrences in Van Roy et al. and Tetlie provide bounded localities across time; they do not constitute a complete geographic distribution of Eurypterida.

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ecology · high

The cited eurypterid studies address morphology, phylogenetic placement and fossil distribution; predatory function, habitat preference, locomotor performance, body size and ecological guild remain study-limited and unassigned here.

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References

  1. Early Ordovician sea scorpions from Morocco suggest Cambrian origins and main diversification of EurypteridaVan Roy, P.; Richards, M.A.; Ortega-Hernández, J. · 2025 · DOI 10.1098/rspb.2025.2061
  2. Distribution and dispersal history of Eurypterida (Chelicerata)Tetlie, O.E. · 2007 · DOI 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.05.011
  3. Open Tree of Life web servicesOpenTreeOfLife Project
  4. The Paleobiology Database application programming interfacePeters, S.E.; McClennen, M. · 2016 · DOI 10.1017/pab.2015.39
  5. The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of IowaLamsdell, J.C.; Briggs, D.E.G.; Liu, H.P.; Witzke, B.J.; McKay, R.M. · 2015 · DOI 10.1186/s12862-015-0443-9
  6. Denormalized occurrence and taxon tables of the Paleobiology DatabaseThe Paleobiology Database Community; Kocsis, Á.T. · 2026 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21620933
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