Eurypteridae Explained

Eurypteridae is an extinct family of eurypterids that lived in the Silurian and Devonian periods. The family is one of three families contained in the superfamily Eurypteroidea (along with Dolichopteridae and Strobilopteridae), which in turn is one of the superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Eurypterina.^[1] The family contains two genera, Erieopterus and Eurypterus.^{[2] [3] [4]}

See also

• List of eurypterid genera
• Timeline of eurypterid research

Notes and References

1. Dunlop JA, Penney D, Jekel D . 2015 . A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. . World Spider Catalog . Natural History Museum . Bern . version 18.5 .
2. Tetlie. O. E.. Cuggy. M. B.. 10.1017/S1477201907002131. Phylogeny of the basal swimming eurypterids (Chelicerata; Eurypterida; Eurypterina). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 5. 3. 345. 2007. 2007JSPal...5..345T . 88413267.
3. Lamsdell. James. Hoşgör. Izzet. Selden. Paul. 2013-01-31. A new Ordovician eurypterid (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) from southeast Turkey: Evidence for a cryptic Ordovician record of Eurypterida. Gondwana Research. 23. 1. 354–366. 10.1016/j.gr.2012.04.006. 2013GondR..23..354L.
4. Lamsdell. James C.. Briggs. Derek E. G.. Liu. Huaibao. Witzke. Brian J.. McKay. Robert M.. September 1, 2015. The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15. 1 . 169. 10.1186/s12862-015-0443-9. 4556007. 26324341 . free . 2015BMCEE..15..169L .