Kokomopterus

Kokomopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid.[1] The genus contains a single species, Kokomopterus longicaudatus, known from the Silurian of Kokomo, Indiana.[2]

Kokomopterus
Temporal range: Late Silurian, 418.7–416 Ma
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Restoration of K. longicaudatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: †Eurypterida
Superfamily: †Kokomopteroidea
Family: †Kokomopteridae
Genus: †Kokomopterus
Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966
Type species
†Kokomopterus longicaudatus
Clarke & Ruedemann, 1912

See also
  • List of eurypterids

References
  1. Morphology, Taxonomy, and Classification of the Order Eurypterida Burmeister, 1843 V. P. Tollerton, Jr. Journal of Paleontology Vol. 63, No. 5 (Sep., 1989), pp. 642-657
  2. 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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