Mycteroptidae

Mycteroptidae Temporal range: Upper Carboniferous–Permian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Megarachne servinei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Merostomata
Order:	†Eurypterida
Suborder:	†Stylonurina
Superfamily:	†Hibbertopteroidea
Family:	†Mycteroptidae Cope, 1886
Type genus
Mycterops Cope, 1886
Genera
Megarachne Hünicken, 1980 Mycterops Cope, 1886 Woodwardopterus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1959
Synonyms
Woodwardopteridae Kjellesvig-Waering, 1959

Mycteroptidae are an extinct family of prehistoric eurypterids that lived during the Upper Carboniferous period in Europe and the Americas.

Description

Mycteropids were medium-sized to fairly large. Their outer surface had numerous scales and reticulate ornamentation. Their first and possibly second tergites (dorsal surfaces of the abdominal sections) were strongly developed. Their legs resembled those of Stylonurus. The prosoma (head) was subtrapezoid, with small compound eyes.^[1]

Genera and species

• Class Merostomata Dana, 1852
  • Order Eurypterida Burmeister, 1843
    • Suborder Stylonurina Diener, 1924
      • Superfamily Hibbertopteroidea Kjellesvig-Waering, 1959

• Family Mycteroptidae Størmer, 1951

• Genus Mycterops Cope1886

• Mycterops blairi Waterston, 1968
• Mycterops matthieui Pruvost, 1924
• Mycterops ordinatus Cope, 1886
• ?Mycterops whitei Schram, 1984

• Genus Megarachne Hünicken, 1980

• Megarachne servinei Hünicken, 1980

• Genus Woodwardopterus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1959

• Woodwardopterus scabrosus (Woodward, 1887)

References

1. ↑ Størmer, L 1955. Merostomata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part P Arthropoda 2, Chelicerata, P39.

See also

• List of eurypterids