Erieopterus Explained

Erieopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid found in Silurian to Devonian-aged marine and freshwater^[1] strata of Europe and North America. The genus contains eight species from the Silurian to the Devonian, recovered from both North America and Europe.^[2]

Species

• Erieopterus eriensis (Whitfield, 1882) — Silurian, USA
• Erieopterus hypsophthalmus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1958 — Silurian, USA
• ?Erieopterus laticeps (Schmidt, 1883) — Silurian, Norway
• ?Erieopterus limuloides (Kjellesvig-Waering, 1948) — Silurian, USA
• Erieopterus microphthalmus (Hall, 1859) — Devonian, USA & Canada
• ?Erieopterus phillipsensis Copeland, 1971 — Silurian. Canada
• ?Erieopterus turgidus Stumm & Kjellesvig-Waering, 1962 — Silurian, USA

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Old Red Sandstone of Great Britain (Geological Conservation Review Series No. 31) JNCC Resource Hub . 2023-08-20 . hub.jncc.gov.uk.
2. 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).