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Ichthyovenator/Eurypterus
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Fossil of the type species E. remipes seen from above, Museo Geominero
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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Subphylum:
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Chelicerata
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Order:
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†Eurypterida
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Superfamily:
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†Eurypteroidea
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Family:
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†Eurypteridae
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Genus:
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†Eurypterus De Kay, 1825
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Type species
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†Eurypterus remipes
De Kay, 1825
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Species
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- †?E. cephalaspis
Salter, 1856
- †E. dekayi
Hall, 1859
- †E. flintstonensis
Swartz, 1923
- †E. hankeni
Tetlie, 2006
- †E. henningsmoeni
(Tetlie, 2002)
- †E. laculatus
Kjellesvig-Waering, 1958
- †E. lacustris
Harlan, 1834
- †E. leopoldi
Tetlie, 2006
- †E. megalops
Clarke & Ruedemann, 1912
- †E. ornatus
Leutze, 1958
- †E. pittsfordensis
Sarle, 1903
- †E. quebecensis
Kjellesvig-Waering, 1958
- †E. remipes
DeKay, 1825
- †E. serratus
(Jones & Woodward, 1888)
- †E. tetragonophthalmus
Fischer, 1839
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Synonyms
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- Baltoeurypterus Størmer, 1973
- Eurypterus pachycheirus
Hall, 1859
- Eurypterus robustus
Hall, 1859
- Carcinosoma trigona
(Ruedemann, 1916)
Synonyms of E. tetragonophthalmus
- Eurypterus fischeri
Eichwald, 1854
- Eurypterus fischeri var. rectangularis
Schmidt, 1883
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Eurypterus is a genus of eurypterid, an extinct group of aquatic arthropods.
http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/mndi/Aracnologia/Eurypterida/Tetlie%202006%20Silurian%20Eurypterus.pdf
History of research
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