Euproops

Taxobox
name = "Euproops"
fossil_range=Carboniferous


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Xiphosura
ordo = Xiphosurida
subordo=Bellinurina
familia=Euproopidae
genus = "Euproops"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision=

"Euproops" is an extinct genus of xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab. It lived in the Carboniferous.

ources

*"Fossils" (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward

External links

* [http://www.palaeos.com/Invertebrates/Arthropods/Chelicerata/Merostomata/Xiphosura.html Xiphosura] at Palaeos.com