Stylonurina
| Stylonurina Temporal range: Late Ordovician–Late Permian | |
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| Megarachne servinei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Merostomata |
| Order: | † Eurypterida |
| Suborder: | † Stylonurina Diener, 1924 |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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The Stylonurina were a group of large eurypterids living from the Late Ordovician to the Late Permian periods.[2] The suborder contains the following families (and one genus incertae sedis):[2]
- Rhenopteridae Størmer, 1951
- Stylonuridae Diener, 1924
- Parastylonuridae Waterston, 1979
- Kokomopteridae Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966
- Hardieopteridae Tollerton, 1989
- Drepanopteridae Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966
- Hibbertopteridae Kjellesvig-Waering, 1959
- Mycteropidae Cope, 1886
- Stylonuroides Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966
References
- ↑ James Lamsdell. "Systematic list of known eurypterid species". eurypterids.co.uk. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
- 1 2 James C. Lamsdell, Simon J. Braddy & O. Erik Tetlie (2010). "The systematics and phylogeny of the Stylonurina (Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Eurypterida)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 8 (1): 49–61. doi:10.1080/14772011003603564.
See also
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