Campylocephalus

Campylocephalus
Temporal range: Carboniferous–Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Merostomata
Order: Eurypterida
Superfamily: Hibbertopteroidea
Family: Hibbertopteridae
Genus: Campylocephalus
Eichwald, 1860
Type species
Campylocephalus oculatus
(Kutorga, 1852)
Species

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Campylocephalus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the Family Hibbertopteridae.

Description

Campylocephalus is distinguished by its prosoma (head), which is subsemicircular and strongly convex, with subcentral compound eyes separated by inflated lobes. Its abdominal tergites are convex, with articular processes. Its appendages are almost unknown.[1]

Species

References

  1. Størmer, L 1955. Merostomata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part P Arthropoda 2, Chelicerata, P39.

See also

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