Erieopterus

Erieopterus Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossils of E. microphthalmus (2-10).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	† Eurypterida
Superfamily:	† Eurypteroidea
Family:	† Eurypteridae
Genus:	† Erieopterus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1958
Type species
†Erieopterus microphthalmus Hall, 1859
Species
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Erieopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid found in Silurian to Devonian-aged marine and freshwater ^[1] strata of Europe and North America. The genus contains eight species from the Silurian to the Devonian, recovered from both North America and Europe. ^[2]

Species

• Erieopterus eriensis (Whitfield, 1882) — Silurian, USA
• Erieopterus hypsophthalmusKjellesvig-Waering, 1958 — Silurian, USA
• ?Erieopterus laticeps (Schmidt, 1883) — Silurian, Norway
• ?Erieopterus limuloides (Kjellesvig-Waering, 1948) — Silurian, USA
• Erieopterus microphthalmus (Hall, 1859) — Devonian, USA & Canada
• ?Erieopterus phillipsensisCopeland, 1971 — Silurian. Canada
• ?Erieopterus turgidusStumm & Kjellesvig-Waering, 1962 — Silurian, USA

References

1. "The Old Red Sandstone of Great Britain (Geological Conservation Review Series No. 31) | JNCC Resource Hub". hub.jncc.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
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).