Pagea

Extinct genus of arthropods

Pagea

Temporal range: Lochkovian–Pragian

PreꞒ

Carapace of Pagea symondsii.
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Subphylum:  | Chelicerata
Order:  | †Eurypterida
Superfamily:  | †Stylonuroidea
Family:  | †Stylonuridae
Genus:  | †Pagea
Waterston, 1962
Type species
Pagea sturrocki

(Waterston, 1962)

Other species

* P. plotnicki  Lamsdell, Braddy, Loeffler & Dineley, 2010
* P. symondsii Salter, 1859

Pagea is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the family Stylonuridae. It contains three species, all from the Devonian (Lochkovian to Pragian);[1] P. plotnicki from Nunavut, Canada and P. sturrocki and P. symondsii from the Old Red Sandstone of the United Kingdom.[2] The genus is named in honor of David Page, an early worker on the fauna of the Old Red Sandstone and describer of the first Stylonurine eurypterid.[3]

## Description

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Pagea was a large stylonurid eurypterid. The third and fourth prosomal appendages bore double rows of flat spines. The prosoma was subrectangularly shaped, with the eyes located on the anterior half.[3]

The metastoma was narrow in relation to the width of the prosoma, being half as wide as it was long. The telson was styliform, long and keeled.[3]

## See also

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* List of eurypterids

## References

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1. ^ Lamsdell, James C.; Braddy, Simon J. (2010-04-23). "Cope's Rule and Romer's theory: patterns of diversity and gigantism in eurypterids and Palaeozoic vertebrates". Biology Letters. 6 (2): 265–269. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0700. ISSN 1744-9561. PMC 2865068. PMID 19828493.
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).
3. ^ a b c "Pagea sturrocki gen. et sp. nov., a new eurypterid from the Old Red Sandstone of Scotland | The Palaeontological Association". www.palass.org. Retrieved 2017-12-27.

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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

Pagea|

* Wikidata: Q7124295
* GBIF: 4650105
* IRMNG: 1336662
* Paleobiology Database: 18987

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