Eurypteroidea

Eurypteroidea
Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Merostomata
Order: Eurypterida
Suborder: Eurypterina
Superfamily: Eurypteroidea
Burmeister, 1843
Families

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Eurypteroidea are an extinct superfamily of eurypterids.

Description

Eurypteroidea, which lived from the Ordovician to Permian periods, were characterized by their last pair of prosomal (head) appendages, which were developed as swimming legs, carrying paddles formed by the expansion of the two penultimate joints.[1]

Families

References

  1. Størmer, L 1955. Merostomata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part P Arthropoda 2, Chelicerata, P30. as Eurypteracea