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    Hardieopterus

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Extinct genus of arthropods


    Hardieopterus
    Temporal range: Silurian, 436–416 Ma
    The Eurypterida of New York figure 64.jpg
    Fossil of H. macrophthalmus
    Scientific classification e
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Subphylum: Chelicerata
    Order: †Eurypterida
    Superfamily: †Kokomopteroidea
    Family: †Hardieopteridae
    Genus: †Hardieopterus
    Waterston, 1979
    Type species
    †Hardieopterus macrophthalmus
    Laurie, 1892
    Species
    • †?H. lanarkensis Waterston, 1979
    • †H. macrophthalmus Salter, 1859
    • †H. megalops Salter, 1859
    • †H. myops Clarke, 1907

    Hardieopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified within the family Hardieopteridae.[1] The genus contains four species, all Silurian in age; H. lanarkensis and H. macrophthalmus from Scotland, H. megalops from England and H. myops from the United States .[2]

    See also

    • List of eurypterids

    References

    1. ↑ Lamsdell, J. C.; Braddy, S. J.; Tetlie, O. E. (2010). "The systematics and phylogeny of the Stylonurina (Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Eurypterida)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8: 49. doi:10.1080/14772011003603564. 
    2. ↑ 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).

    See also Wikidata entry Q5655981.




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