Paraeurypterus

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Paraeurypterus
Temporal range: Late Ordovician
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Fossil of P. anatoliensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: Eurypterida
Suborder: Eurypterina
Superfamily: Eurypteroidea
Genus: Paraeurypterus
Lamsdell, Hoşgör & Selden, 2013
Type species
Paraeurypterus anatoliensis
Lamsdell, Hoşgör & Selden, 2013

Paraeurypterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid from the Late Ordovician period. The genus contains one species, P. anatoliensis, known from Şort Tepe in Turkey. Classified as part of the Eurypteroidea superfamily, it has not yet been possible to classify it as part of any particular family.[1]

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  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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