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Extinct genus of arthropods

Lamontopterus
Temporal range: Early Silurian, 443.7–428.2 Ma PreꞒ 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: Kokomopteroidea
Family: Kokomopteridae
Genus: Lamontopterus
Waterston, 1979
Type species
Lamontopterus knoxae
Lamont, 1955

Lamontopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified within the family Kokomopteridae. It contains one species, Lamontopterus knoxae, from the Early Silurian of Scotland.

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References

  1. 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).
Eurypterids
Taxonomy
Genera
Suborder
Stylonurina
Rhenopteroidea
Stylonuroidea
Kokomopteroidea
Mycteropoidea
Suborder
Eurypterina
Onychopterelloidea
Moselopteroidea
Eurypteroidea
Infraorder
Diploperculata
Carcinosomatoidea
Waeringopteroidea
Adelophthalmoidea
Pterygotioidea
Adelophthalmus
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Ichnogenera
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Lamontopterus


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