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Extinct genus of arthropods

Moselopterus
Temporal range: Devonian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: Eurypterida
Superfamily: Moselopteroidea
Family: Moselopteridae
Genus: Moselopterus
Størmer, 1974
Type species
Moselopterus ancylotelson
Størmer, 1974
Species
  • M. ancylotelson Størmer, 1974
  • M. elongatus Størmer, 1974
  • M. lancmani Delle, 1937

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.

See also

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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Moselopterus


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