| Waeringopterus Temporal range: Late Silurian, | |
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| Fossil carapaces referred to Waeringopterus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | † Eurypterida |
| Superfamily: | † Waeringopteroidea |
| Family: | † Waeringopteridae |
| Genus: | † Waeringopterus Leutze, 1961 |
| Type species | |
| †Waeringopterus cumberlandicus Swartz, 1923 | |
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Waeringopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterids from the Silurian of North America. [1] The genus contains two species, W. apfeli from the Syracuse and Vernon Formations of New York and Ontario and W. cumberlandicus from the Wills Creek Formation, West Virginia. [2] Fossils of the genus also were found in the Indian Point Formation of Quebec.
