Moselopterus

Moselopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid from the Devonian period in Europe. The genus contains three species, M. ancylotelson and M. elongatus from Germany and M. lancmani from Latvia.[1]

Moselopterus
Temporal range: Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: †Eurypterida
Superfamily: †Moselopteroidea
Family: †Moselopteridae
Genus: †Moselopterus
Størmer, 1974
Type species
†Moselopterus ancylotelson
Størmer, 1974
Species
  • †M. ancylotelson Størmer, 1974
  • †M. elongatus Størmer, 1974
  • †M. lancmani Delle, 1937

See also
  • List of eurypterids

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 http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils16.0.pdf (PDF).



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