Moselopteridae
Moselopteridae are an extinct family of eurypterids. It is the only family classified as part of the superfamily Moselopteroidea, and contains three genera: Moselopterus, Stoermeropterus and Vinetopterus.[1]
Moselopteridae | |
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Life restoration of Stoermeropterus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Order: | †Eurypterida |
Suborder: | †Eurypterina |
Superfamily: | †Moselopteroidea Lamsdell, Braddy & Tetlie, 2010 |
Family: | †Moselopteridae Lamsdell, Braddy & Tetlie, 2010 |
Genera | |
See also
- List of eurypterids
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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