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This article is about the family containing Eurypterus. For the whole order, see Eurypterid.

Eurypteridae
Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian
Fossil of Eurypterus remipes in the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Germany.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: † Eurypterida
Superfamily: † Eurypteroidea
Family: † Eurypteridae
Burmeister, 1843
Type species
† Eurypterus remipes
De Kay, 1825
Genera
Synonyms
  • Erieopteridae Tollerton, 1989

Eurypteridae is an extinct family of eurypterids that lived in the Silurian and Devonian periods. The family is one of three families contained in the superfamily Eurypteroidea (along with Dolichopteridae and Strobilopteridae), which in turn is one of the superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Eurypterina. [1] The family contains two genera, Erieopterus and Eurypterus. [2] [3] [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Dunlop JA, Penney D, Jekel D (2015). "A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives" (PDF). World Spider Catalog. version 18.5. Bern: Natural History Museum.
  2. ^ Tetlie, O. E.; Cuggy, M. B. (2007). "Phylogeny of the basal swimming eurypterids (Chelicerata; Eurypterida; Eurypterina)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 5 (3): 345. Bibcode: 2007JSPal...5..345T. doi: 10.1017/S1477201907002131. S2CID  88413267.
  3. ^ Lamsdell, James; Hoşgör, Izzet; Selden, Paul (2013-01-31). "A new Ordovician eurypterid (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) from southeast Turkey: Evidence for a cryptic Ordovician record of Eurypterida". Gondwana Research. 23 (1): 354–366. Bibcode: 2013GondR..23..354L. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.04.006.
  4. ^ 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 (1): 169. Bibcode: 2015BMCEE..15..169L. doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0443-9. PMC  4556007. PMID  26324341.


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