Suborder Bellinurina | Order Xiphosurida Family Euproopidae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Horseshoe crab, Pseudoniscus, Weinbergina, Belinurus, Mesolimulus |
Euproops is an extinct genus of xiphosuran, related to the modern horseshoe crab. It lived in the Carboniferous.
The Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology describes Euproopidae as "small forms with wedge-shaped cardiac lobe bordered by distinct axial furrows, abdominal shield with annulated axis bearing a high boss on last segment." The same source describes Euproops as follows. "Prosoma with flat genal spines and carinate opthamalic spines; cardiopthamalic region with or without intercardiopthamalic area; abdomen with raised pleural ridges that cross flattened rim and are prolonged as marginal spines; annulated axis with knob on 1st and 3rd segments and elevated boss or short spine on hindmost segment; telson long. "
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