Vernonopterus

Vernonopterus; Temporal range: Carboniferous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	†Eurypterida
Superfamily:	†Mycteropoidea
Family:	†Hibbertopteridae
Genus:	†Vernonopterus; Waterston, 1957
Type species
	Vernonopterus minutisculptus; Peach, 1907

Vernonopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified within the family Hibbertopteridae. The genus contains one species, V. minutisculptus, from the Carboniferous of Lanarkshire, Scotland.^[1]

References

↑ 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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