Moselopterus
Extinct genus of arthropods
Moselopterus Temporal range: 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 |
Superfamily: | †Moselopteroidea |
Family: | †Moselopteridae |
Genus: | †Moselopterus Størmer, 1974 |
Type species | |
†Moselopterus ancylotelson Størmer, 1974 | |
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Moselopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid from the Devonian period in Europe. The genus contains three species, M. ancylotelson and M. elongatus from Germany and M. lancmani from Latvia.[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
![Adelophthalmus](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Adelophthalmus_irinae.png/175px-Adelophthalmus_irinae.png)
- Ordovician
- Silurian
- Devonian
- Carboniferous
- Permian
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
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