Lamontopterus

Lamontopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified within the family Kokomopteridae. It contains one species, Lamontopterus knoxae, from the Early Silurian of Scotland.[1]

Lamontopterus
Temporal range: Early Silurian, 443.7–428.2 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: †Eurypterida
Superfamily: †Kokomopteroidea
Family: †Kokomopteridae
Genus: †Lamontopterus
Waterston, 1979
Type species
†Lamontopterus knoxae
Lamont, 1955

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).

See also
  • List of eurypterids


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