Dolichopteridae
| Dolichopteridae Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Merostomata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Suborder: | †Eurypterina |
| Superfamily: | †Eurypteroidea |
| Family: | †Dolichopteridae Kjellesvig-Waering & Størmer, 1952 |
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Dolichopteridae are an extinct family of eurypterids that lived in the Silurian and Devonian periods.
Description
Dolichopteridae had outer surfaces that were either smooth or with pustules and semilunar scales. Their compound eyes were arcuate and located anteriorly on the prosoma (head). Their abdomens had epimers (lateral projections). The telson, (tail) was lanceolate. Their chelicerae were small, and the first three pairs of walking lags were stout, with powerful spines. The last pair of walking lags had supplementary lobes, while the swimming lags had the last joint enlarged, as part of the paddle. The male genital appendage was long.[1]
Genera
- Class Merostomata Dana, 1852
- Order Eurypterida Burmeister, 1843
- Suborder Eurypterina Burmeister, 1843
- Superfamily Eurypteroidea Burmeister, 1843
- Family Dolichopteridae Kjellesvig-Waering & Størmer, 1952
- Genus Dolichopterus Hall, 1859
- Genus Rudemannipterus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966
- Genus Buffalopterus Kjellesvig-Waering & Heubusch, 1962
- Genus Strobilopterus Ruedemann, 1955
- Genus Syntomopterus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1961
- Family Dolichopteridae Kjellesvig-Waering & Størmer, 1952
References
- ↑ Størmer, L 1955. Merostomata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part P Arthropoda 2, Chelicerata, P39.
See also
- List of eurypterids