Vinetopterus

Vinetopterus; Temporal range: Late Pragian-Early Emsian, 409–406 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	†Eurypterida
Superfamily:	†Moselopteroidea
Family:	†Moselopteridae
Genus:	†Vinetopterus; Poschmann & Tetlie, 2004
Type species
	†Vinetopterus struvei; Størmer, 1974
Species
	†V. martini Poschmann & Tetlie, 2004; †V. struvei Størmer, 1974;

Vinetopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid from the Devonian period in Europe classified as part of the Moselopteridae family. The genus contains two species, both from Germany: V. struvei and V. martini.^[1]

References

^ 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).

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[1] 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).

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