Euproops

Euproops is an extinct genus of xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab. It lived in the Carboniferous.

Euproops
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Euproops danae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Chelicerata
Class:
Xiphosura
Order:
Xiphosurida
Suborder:
Bellinurina
Family:
Euproopidae
Genus:
Euproops
Synonyms[1]
  • Prestwichia Woodward, 1867
  • Prestwichianella Cockerell, 1905

The Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology describes Euproopidae as "small forms with wedge-shaped cardiac lobe bordered by distinct axial furrows, abdominal shield with annulated axis bearing a high boss on last segment." The same source describes Euproops as follows. "Prosoma with flat genal spines and carinate opthamalic spines; cardiopthamalic region with or without intercardiopthamalic area; abdomen with raised pleural ridges that cross flattened rim and are prolonged as marginal spines; annulated axis with knob on 1st and 3rd segments and elevated boss or short spine on hindmost segment; telson long.[2]"

References
  1. 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
  2. Størmer, L. 1955. Merostomata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part P Arthropoda 2, Chelicerata, P: 20.

Sources
  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward
  • Leif Størmer, 1955, Merestomata, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part P Arthropoda 2, Chelicerata, Geological Society of America and the University of Kansas, p. P20


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