Talk:Pentecopterus

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Created talk-page for the "Pentecopterus" article - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 12:12, 1 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Family: Megalograptidae - not Pterygotidae?[edit]

Seems the extinct family of eurypterids of "Pentecopterus" may not be the "Pterygotidae" family as currently presented - but may be the "Megalograptidae" family instead, according to the original published study^[1] - if so, any help in correcting the article would be welcome - and appreciated - in any case - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 13:30, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Lamsdell, James C.; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Liu, Huaibao; Witzke, Brian J.; McKay, Robert M. (September 1, 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. Retrieved September 1, 2015.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) "The new eurypterid species is described as Pentecopterus decorahensis gen. et sp. nov.. Phylogenetic analysis places Pentecopterus at the base of the Megalograptidae, united with the two genera previously assigned to this family..."

UPDATE: If interested, posted the problem at the following => Template talk:Automatic taxobox#Help correct "Pentecopterus" taxobox? - iac - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 14:06, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think I fixed it.--Mr Fink (talk) 14:34, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Seems we were correcting at the same time - but all seems well at the moment - thanks for your own help with this of course - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 14:41, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

And now on to setting up a reconstruction for the taxobox picture.--Mr Fink (talk) 14:44, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes - agreed - a better image of the "Pentecopterus" genus would be welcome of course - I'm presently trying to update some of my recent efforts at "Species:Pentecopterus" (and related) at WikiSpecies - iac - Thanks for your help with all this - it's appreciated - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 15:26, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done - @Apokryltaros: besides the classification of the present "Pentecopterus" article, "Species:Pentecopterus" (and related) at WikiSpecies also now seem ok - *entirely* ok with me to check the corrections of course - iac - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 16:18, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

salute--Mr Fink (talk) 16:46, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Cerval blades[edit]

These eurypterids had no cerval blades like the other eurypterids Megaloguana (talk) 11:50, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[BMC-20150901-1] Lamsdell, James C.; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Liu, Huaibao; Witzke, Brian J.; McKay, Robert M. (September 1, 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. Retrieved September 1, 2015.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link) "The new eurypterid species is described as Pentecopterus decorahensis gen. et sp. nov.. Phylogenetic analysis places Pentecopterus at the base of the Megalograptidae, united with the two genera previously assigned to this family..."

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