Erieopterus

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Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Chelicerata Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Class †Eurypterida

Similar Buffalopterus, Dolichopterus, Drepanopterus, Hughmilleria, Kokomopterus

Erieopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid found in Silurian to Devonian-aged marine strata of Europe and North America.

Species

Erieopterus eriensis (Whitfield, 1882) — Silurian, USA

Erieopterus hypsophthalmus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1958 — Silurian, USA

?Erieopterus laticeps (Schmidt, 1883) — Silurian, Norway

Erieopterus latus Ruedemann, 1935 — Devonian, USA

?Erieopterus limuloides (Kjellesvig-Waering, 1948) — Silurian, USA

Erieopterus microphthalmus (Hall, 1859) — Devonian, USA & Canada

?Erieopterus phillipsensis Copeland, 1971 — Silurian. Canada

?Erieopterus statzi Størmer, 1936 —Devonian, Germany

?Erieopterus turgidus Stumm & Kjellesvig-Waering, 1962 — Silurian, USA

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