Ruedemannipterus
Appearance
Ruedemannipterus Temporal range:
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Fossils of Kiaeropterus otisius, Ruedemannipterus stylonuroides and Hughmilleria socialis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Order: | †Eurypterida |
Family: | †Dolichopteridae |
Genus: | †Ruedemannipterus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966 |
Type species | |
Ruedemannipterus stylonuroides Clarke & Ruedemann, 1912
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Ruedemannipterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the family Dolichopteridae. The genus contains one species, R. stylonuroides,[1] known from the Silurian of New York.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Tetlie, O. E.; Cuggy, M. B. (2007). "Phylogeny of the basal swimming eurypterids (Chelicerata; Eurypterida; Eurypterina)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 5 (3): 345. doi:10.1017/S1477201907002131.
- ^ 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).