Mycteroptidae

Mycteroptidae
Mycteroptidae
Temporal range: Upper Carboniferous–Permian
Megarachne servinei
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Merostomata
Order: †Eurypterida
Suborder: †Stylonurina
Superfamily: Type genus
Mycterops
Cope, 1886
Genus
Synonyms

Woodwardopteridae
Kjellesvig-Waering, 1959

Mycteroptidae are an extinct family of prehistoric eurypterids that lived during the Upper Carboniferous period in Europe and possibly North America.

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Description

Mycteroptids 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
  • Family Mycteroptidae Størmer, 1951
  • Mycterops blairi Waterston, 1968
  • Mycterops matthieui Pruvost, 1924
  • Mycterops ordinatus Cope, 1886
  • ?Mycterops whitei Schram, 1984
  • Megarachne servinei Hünicken, 1980
  • Woodwardopterus scabrosus (Woodward, 1887)

References

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

See also

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