Erieopterus
Extinct genus of arthropods
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Erieopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid found in Silurian to Devonian-aged marine and freshwater[1] strata of Europe and North America. The genus contains eight species from the Silurian to the Devonian, recovered from both North America and Europe.[2]
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| Fossil of Erieopterus sp. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Superfamily: | †Eurypteroidea |
| Family: | †Eurypteridae |
| Genus: | †Erieopterus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1958 |
| Type species | |
| †Erieopterus microphthalmus Hall, 1859 | |
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Species
- Erieopterus eriensis (Whitfield, 1882) — Silurian, USA
- Erieopterus hypsophthalmus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1958 — Silurian, USA
- ?Erieopterus laticeps (Schmidt, 1883) — Silurian, Norway
- ?Erieopterus limuloides (Kjellesvig-Waering, 1948) — Silurian, USA
- Erieopterus microphthalmus (Hall, 1859) — Devonian, USA & Canada
- ?Erieopterus phillipsensis Copeland, 1971 — Silurian. Canada
- ?Erieopterus turgidus Stumm & Kjellesvig-Waering, 1962 — Silurian, USA
