Lamontopterus
Extinct genus of arthropods
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Lamontopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified within the family Kokomopteridae. It contains one species, Lamontopterus knoxae, from the Early Silurian of Scotland.[1]
| Lamontopterus Temporal range: Early Silurian, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Superfamily: | †Kokomopteroidea |
| Family: | †Kokomopteridae |
| Genus: | †Lamontopterus Waterston, 1979 |
| Type species | |
| †Lamontopterus knoxae Lamont, 1955 | |
