Mycteroptidae
| Mycteroptidae Temporal range: Upper Carboniferous–Permian | |
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| Megarachne servinei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Merostomata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Suborder: | †Stylonurina |
| Superfamily: | †Hibbertopteroidea |
| Family: | †Mycteroptidae Cope, 1886 |
| Type genus | |
| Mycterops Cope, 1886 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Woodwardopteridae | |
Mycteroptidae are an extinct family of prehistoric eurypterids that lived during the Upper Carboniferous period in Europe and the Americas.
Description
Mycteropids were medium-sized to fairly large. Their outer surface had numerous scales and reticulate ornamentation. Their first and possibly second tergites (dorsal surfaces of the abdominal sections) were strongly developed. Their legs resembled those of Stylonurus. The prosoma (head) was subtrapezoid, with small compound eyes.[1]
Genera and species
- Class Merostomata Dana, 1852
- Order Eurypterida Burmeister, 1843
- Suborder Stylonurina Diener, 1924
- Superfamily Hibbertopteroidea Kjellesvig-Waering, 1959
- Suborder Stylonurina Diener, 1924
- Order Eurypterida Burmeister, 1843
- Family Mycteroptidae Størmer, 1951
- Genus Mycterops Cope1886
- Mycterops blairi Waterston, 1968
- Mycterops matthieui Pruvost, 1924
- Mycterops ordinatus Cope, 1886
- ?Mycterops whitei Schram, 1984
- Genus Megarachne Hünicken, 1980
- Megarachne servinei Hünicken, 1980
- Genus Woodwardopterus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1959
- Woodwardopterus scabrosus (Woodward, 1887)
References
- ↑ Størmer, L 1955. Merostomata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part P Arthropoda 2, Chelicerata, P39.
See also
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