Pentlandopterus

Extinct genus of sea scorpions

Pentlandopterus Temporal range: Late Ordovician PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	†Eurypterida
Suborder:	†Eurypterina
Superfamily:	†Eurypteroidea
Genus:	†Pentlandopterus Lamsdell, Hoşgör & Selden, 2013
Type species
†Pentlandopterus minor Laurie, 1899

Pentlandopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid from the Late Ordovician period. The genus contains one species, P. minor, known from the Pentland Hills in Scotland. Classified as part of the Eurypteroidea superfamily, it has not yet been possible to classify it as part of any particular family.^[1]

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).

Eurypterids

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

Taxonomy

Genera

List of eurypterid genera

Suborder
Stylonurina

Rhenopteroidea	Rhenopteridae
Stylonuroidea	Parastylonuridae Stylonuridae
Kokomopteroidea	Kokomopteridae Hardieopteridae
Mycteropoidea	Drepanopteridae Hibbertopteridae Mycteroptidae

Suborder
Eurypterina

Onychopterelloidea

Onychopterellidae

Moselopteroidea

Moselopteridae

Eurypteroidea

Infraorder
Diploperculata

Carcinosomatoidea	Carcinosomatidae Megalograptidae Mixopteridae
Waeringopteroidea	Waeringopteridae
Adelophthalmoidea	Adelophthalmidae
Pterygotioidea	Hughmilleriidae Slimonidae Pterygotidae