Hardieopterus

Hardieopterus Temporal range: Silurian, 436–416  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of H. macrophthalmus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	† Eurypterida
Superfamily:	† Kokomopteroidea
Family:	† Hardieopteridae
Genus:	† Hardieopterus Waterston, 1979
Type species
†Hardieopterus macrophthalmus Laurie, 1892
Species
†?H. lanarkensisWaterston, 1979 †H. macrophthalmusSalter, 1859 †H. megalopsSalter, 1859 †H. myopsClarke, 1907

Hardieopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified within the family Hardieopteridae. ^[1] The genus contains four species, all Silurian in age; H. lanarkensis and H. macrophthalmus from Scotland, H. megalops from England and H. myops from the United States. ^[2]

See also

• List of eurypterids

References

1. Lamsdell, J. C.; Braddy, S. J.; Tetlie, O. E. (2010). "The systematics and phylogeny of the Stylonurina (Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Eurypterida)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 8: 49. doi: 10.1080/14772011003603564 .
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).