Hardieopterus
Extinct genus of arthropods
| Hardieopterus Temporal range: Silurian, 436–416 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Fossil of H. macrophthalmus | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Superfamily: | †Kokomopteroidea |
| Family: | †Hardieopteridae |
| Genus: | †Hardieopterus Waterston, 1979 |
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| †Hardieopterus macrophthalmus Laurie, 1892 | |
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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
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- Ordovician
- Silurian
- Devonian
- Carboniferous
- Permian
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
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