Paraeurypterus
Extinct genus of sea scorpions
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Paraeurypterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid from the Late Ordovician period. The genus contains one species, P. anatoliensis, known from Şort Tepe in Turkey. Classified as part of the Eurypteroidea superfamily, it has not yet been possible to classify it as part of any particular family.[1]
| Paraeurypterus Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil of P. anatoliensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Suborder: | †Eurypterina |
| Superfamily: | †Eurypteroidea |
| Genus: | †Paraeurypterus Lamsdell, Hoşgör & Selden, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Paraeurypterus anatoliensis Lamsdell, Hoşgör & Selden, 2013 | |
