Eurypteridae

Extinct family of Devonian organisms

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

Eurypteridae

Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian

PreꞒ

Fossil of Eurypterus remipes in the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Germany.
Scientific 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

* Erieopterus
* Eurypterus

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

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* List of eurypterid genera
* Timeline of eurypterid research

## References

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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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Eurypterids

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Arthropoda
* Subphylum: Chelicerata
* Clade: Euchelicerata
* Clade: Prosomapoda
* Clade: Planaterga
* Clade: Dekatriata
* Clade: Sclerophorata

Taxonomy|

| Genera|

* List of eurypterid genera

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Suborder
Stylonurina|

| Rhenopteroidea|

* Rhenopteridae

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Stylonuroidea|

* Parastylonuridae
* Stylonuridae

Kokomopteroidea|

* Kokomopteridae
* Hardieopteridae

Mycteropoidea|

* Drepanopteridae
* Hibbertopteridae
* Mycteroptidae

Suborder
Eurypterina|

| Onychopterelloidea|

* Onychopterellidae

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Moselopteroidea|

* Moselopteridae

Eurypteroidea|

* Dolichopteridae
* Eurypteridae
* Strobilopteridae

Infraorder
Diploperculata|

| Carcinosomatoidea|

* Carcinosomatidae
* Megalograptidae
* Mixopteridae

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Waeringopteroidea|

* Waeringopteridae

Adelophthalmoidea|

* Adelophthalmidae

Pterygotioidea|

* Hughmilleriidae
* Slimonidae
* Pterygotidae

Geochronology|

* Ordovician
* Silurian
* Devonian
* Carboniferous
* Permian

Geography|

* Africa
* Asia
* Europe
* North America
* Oceania
* South America

Notable genera|

* Adelophthalmus
* Brachyopterus
* Campylocephalus
* Carcinosoma
* Drepanopterus
* Eurypterus
* Hibbertopterus
* Hughmilleria
* Jaekelopterus
* Megalograptus
* Megarachne
* Mixopterus
* Onychopterella
* Pentecopterus
* Pterygotus
* Slimonia
* Stylonurus

Ichnogenera|

* Arcuites
* Merostomichnites
* Palmichnium

Related groups|

* Arachnida
* Chasmataspidida
* Xiphosura

Related articles|

* Metastoma
* Timeline of eurypterid research

Category

Taxon identifiers

Eurypteridae|

* Wikidata: Q5414105
* Wikispecies: Eurypteridae
* BugGuide: 505840
* GBIF: 3255180
* iNaturalist: 317820
* IRMNG: 116974
* Paleobiology Database: 237426

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