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Hardieopterus
Temporal range: Silurian, 436–416 Ma
Fossil of H. macrophthalmus
Scientific classification Edit this 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. lanarkensis Waterston, 1979
  • H. macrophthalmus Salter, 1859
  • H. megalops Salter, 1859
  • H. myops Clarke, 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

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).