Onychopterellidae

Onychopterellidae
Temporal range: Ordovician–Devonian
Fossil of Tylopterella.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Order:Eurypterida
Suborder:Eurypterina
Superfamily:Onychopterelloidea
Lamsdell, 2011
Family:Onychopterellidae
Lamsdell, 2011
Genera
Synonyms
  • Alkenopteridae Poschmann & Tetlie, 2004

Onychopterellidae are an extinct family of eurypterids. The family is the only family classified as part of the superfamily Onychopterelloidea. Genera included are Alkenopterus, Onychopterella and Tylopterella.[1]

See also

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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