Alkenopterus

Alkenopterus
Temporal range: Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Order:†Eurypterida
Superfamily:†Onychopterelloidea
Family:†Onychopterellidae
Genus:†Alkenopterus
Størmer, 1974
Species
  • †A. brevitelson (Størmer, 1974)
  • †A. burglahrensis (Poschmann & Tetlie, 2004)

Alkenopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the family Onychopterellidae. The genus contains two species, A. brevitelson and A. burglahrensis, both from the Devonian of Germany.[1]

References

  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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