Eurypteridae

Eurypteridae is an extinct family of eurypterids that lived in the Silurian and Devonian periods. The family is one of three families contained in the superfamily Eurypteroidea (along with Dolichopteridae and Strobilopteridae), which in turn is one of the superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Eurypterina.[1] The family contains two genera, Erieopterus and Eurypterus.[2][3][4]

Eurypteridae Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Eurypterus remipes in the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Germany.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	†Eurypterida
Superfamily:	†Eurypteroidea
Family:	†Eurypteridae Burmeister, 1843
Type species
†Eurypterus remipes De Kay, 1825
Genera
Erieopterus Eurypterus
Synonyms
Erieopteridae Tollerton, 1989

See also

• List of eurypterid genera
• Timeline of eurypterid research

References

1. Dunlop JA, Penney D, Jekel D (2015). "A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives" (PDF). World Spider Catalog. version 18.5. Bern: Natural History Museum.
2. Tetlie, O. E.; Cuggy, M. B. (2007). "Phylogeny of the basal swimming eurypterids (Chelicerata; Eurypterida; Eurypterina)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 5 (3): 345. doi:10.1017/S1477201907002131.
3. Lamsdell, James; Hoşgör, Izzet; Selden, Paul (2013-01-31). "A new Ordovician eurypterid (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) from southeast Turkey: Evidence for a cryptic Ordovician record of Eurypterida". Gondwana Research. 23: 354–366. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2012.04.006.
4. Lamsdell, James C.; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Liu, Huaibao; Witzke, Brian J.; McKay, Robert M. (September 1, 2015). "The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15: 169. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0443-9. PMC 4556007. PMID 26324341. Retrieved September 1, 2015.