Ichthyovenator/Eurypterus
Temporal range: Silurian, 432–418.1 Ma
Fossil of the type species E. remipes seen from above, Museo Geominero
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: Eurypterida
Superfamily: Eurypteroidea
Family: Eurypteridae
Genus: Eurypterus
De Kay, 1825
Type species
Eurypterus remipes
De Kay, 1825
Species
15 species
  • †?E. cephalaspis
    Salter, 1856
  • E. dekayi
    Hall, 1859
  • E. flintstonensis
    Swartz, 1923
  • E. hankeni
    Tetlie, 2006
  • E. henningsmoeni
    (Tetlie, 2002)
  • E. laculatus
    Kjellesvig-Waering, 1958
  • E. lacustris
    Harlan, 1834
  • E. leopoldi
    Tetlie, 2006
  • E. megalops
    Clarke & Ruedemann, 1912
  • E. ornatus
    Leutze, 1958
  • E. pittsfordensis
    Sarle, 1903
  • E. quebecensis
    Kjellesvig-Waering, 1958
  • E. remipes
    DeKay, 1825
  • E. serratus
    (Jones & Woodward, 1888)
  • E. tetragonophthalmus
    Fischer, 1839
Synonyms
Genus synonymy
  • Baltoeurypterus Størmer, 1973
Synonyms of E. lacustris
  • Eurypterus pachycheirus
    Hall, 1859
  • Eurypterus robustus
    Hall, 1859
Synonyms of E. remipes
  • Carcinosoma trigona
    (Ruedemann, 1916)
Synonyms of E. tetragonophthalmus
  • Eurypterus fischeri
    Eichwald, 1854
  • Eurypterus fischeri var. rectangularis
    Schmidt, 1883

Eurypterus is a genus of eurypterid, an extinct group of aquatic arthropods.

http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/mndi/Aracnologia/Eurypterida/Tetlie%202006%20Silurian%20Eurypterus.pdf

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