Erieopterus
Extinct genus of arthropods
Erieopterus Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Fossils of E. microphthalmus (2-10). | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Order: | †Eurypterida |
Superfamily: | †Eurypteroidea |
Family: | †Eurypteridae |
Genus: | †Erieopterus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1958 |
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†Erieopterus microphthalmus Hall, 1859 | |
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Erieopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid found in Silurian to Devonian-aged marine and freshwater[1] strata of Europe and North America. The genus contains eight species from the Silurian to the Devonian, recovered from both North America and Europe.[2]
Species
- Erieopterus eriensis (Whitfield, 1882) — Silurian, USA
- Erieopterus hypsophthalmus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1958 — Silurian, USA
- ?Erieopterus laticeps (Schmidt, 1883) — Silurian, Norway
- ?Erieopterus limuloides (Kjellesvig-Waering, 1948) — Silurian, USA
- Erieopterus microphthalmus (Hall, 1859) — Devonian, USA & Canada
- ?Erieopterus phillipsensis Copeland, 1971 — Silurian. Canada
- ?Erieopterus turgidus Stumm & Kjellesvig-Waering, 1962 — Silurian, USA
References
- ^ "The Old Red Sandstone of Great Britain (Geological Conservation Review Series No. 31) | JNCC Resource Hub". hub.jncc.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ^ Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2015. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch , version 16.0 http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils16.0.pdf (PDF).
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Clade: Euchelicerata
- Clade: Prosomapoda
- Clade: Planaterga
- Clade: Dekatriata
- Clade: Sclerophorata
![Adelophthalmus](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Adelophthalmus_irinae.png/175px-Adelophthalmus_irinae.png)
- Ordovician
- Silurian
- Devonian
- Carboniferous
- Permian
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
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