Laurieipterus
Extinct genus of arthropods
Laurieipterus Temporal range: Early Silurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Order: | †Eurypterida |
Family: | †Stylonuridae |
Subfamily: | †Laurieipterinae |
Genus: | †Laurieipterus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966 |
Type species | |
Laurieipterus elegans (Laurie, 1899) |
Laurieipterus is a genus of a eurypterid classified as part of the family Stylonuridae.[1] It contains one species, L. elegans from the Early Silurian of Scotland.[2]
References
- ^ Lamsdell, J. C.; Braddy, S. J.; Tetlie, O. E. (2010). "The systematics and phylogeny of the Stylonurina (Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Eurypterida)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 8: 49. doi:10.1080/14772011003603564.
- ^ 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).
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Clade: Euchelicerata
- Clade: Prosomapoda
- Clade: Planaterga
- Clade: Dekatriata
- Clade: Sclerophorata
- Ordovician
- Silurian
- Devonian
- Carboniferous
- Permian
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
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