Moselopteridae
Extinct family of sea scorpions
Moselopteridae Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Order: | †Eurypterida |
Suborder: | †Eurypterina |
Superfamily: | †Moselopteroidea Lamsdell, Braddy & Tetlie, 2010 |
Family: | †Moselopteridae Lamsdell, Braddy & Tetlie, 2010 |
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Moselopteridae are an extinct family of eurypterids. It is the only family classified as part of the superfamily Moselopteroidea, and contains three genera: Moselopterus, Stoermeropterus and Vinetopterus.[1]
See also
References
- ^ 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
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Suborder Stylonurina |
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Suborder Eurypterina |
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- Ordovician
- Silurian
- Devonian
- Carboniferous
- Permian
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
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