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Dolichopteridae

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Kingdom
  
Subphylum
  
Order
  
Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Class
  
Merostomata

Suborder
  
†Eurypterina

Similar
  
Buffalopterus, Stylonuridae, Dolichopterus, Mixopteridae, Stylonurina

Dolichopteridae is an extinct family of eurypterids that lived in the Silurian and Devonian periods.

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Description

Dolichopterid eurypterids had outer surfaces that were either smooth or with pustules and semilunar scales. The compound eyes were arcuate and located anteriorly on the prosoma (head). The abdomens had epimers (lateral projections). The telson, (tail) was lanceolate. The chelicerae were small, and the first three pairs of walking lags were stout, with powerful spines. The last pair of walking lags had supplementary lobes, while the swimming lags had the last joint enlarged, as part of the paddle. The male genital appendage was long.

Genera

  • Class Merostomata Dana, 1852
  • Order Eurypterida Burmeister, 1843
  • Suborder Eurypterina Burmeister, 1843
  • Superfamily Eurypteroidea Burmeister, 1843Family Dolichopteridae Kjellesvig-Waering & Størmer, 1952Genus Dolichopterus Hall, 1859Genus Rudemannipterus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966Genus Buffalopterus Kjellesvig-Waering & Heubusch, 1962Genus Strobilopterus Ruedemann, 1955Genus Syntomopterus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1961
  • References

    Dolichopteridae Wikipedia


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